Zombie Biotech Bite Lilly’s Flab Fight Flops
This week’s ‘The Readout LOUD’ brings us the sad, slow death of a zombie biotech, proving you can’t just stitch dead companies back to life. Meanwhile, Lilly’s obesity drug results are as underwhelming as a flat soda—described simply as ‘disappointing obesity readout.’ If we were looking for a plot twist, we’d better sit down: pharma’s horror story continues with a whimper rather than a bang.
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When zombie biotechs stumble and Lilly’s obesity hopes deflate, it’s official: pharma’s more horror story than thriller right now.
Nothing like a biotech graveyard plus disappointment in obesity trials to remind us life and science both love an ironic twist.
If your biotech’s a zombie and your obesity study flops, congrats—you’re the pharmaceutical equivalent of a microwave dinner no one really wanted.
Source: Statnews | Published: 8/7/2025 | Author: Adam Feuerstein, Elaine Chen, and Allison DeAngelis
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