{
  "id": 681301,
  "title": "Eli Lilly files first lawsuits over retatrutide 'black market'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/eli-lilly-files-first-lawsuits-over-retatrutide-black-market",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-12T16:38:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Endpoints News",
    "slug": "endpoints-news",
    "url": "https://endpoints.news/eli-lilly-files-first-lawsuits-over-retatrutide-black-market/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Eli Lilly has sued six US companies for selling what it claims is the pharma giant’s investigational diabetes and weight loss drug retatrutide, which is still undergoing clinical trials. The litigation is Lilly’s first involving ...",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "STAT News",
        "title": "STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about Lilly ‘black market’ lawsuits, pushback over Trump vaccine plan, and more",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/stat-pharmalittle-were-reading-about-lilly-black-market-lawsuits",
        "published": "2026-08-12T13:22:37.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "BioPharma Dive",
        "title": "Lilly files six lawsuits in bid to shut down ‘black market’ for retatrutide",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/lilly-files-six-lawsuits-in-bid-to-shut-down-black-market-for",
        "published": "2026-08-12T15:19:00.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}