Eli Lilly and Co. has filed lawsuits against six companies that it claims are selling counterfeit, unapproved versions of its investigational diabetes and obesity drug, retatrutide, according to a press release. Eli Lilly stated in the release it chose to file lawsuits against six entities selling illegal versions of the glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP)/GLP-1/glucagon triple

Ahead of an approval filing, the drugmaker is amping up a fight against sellers who claim to offer versions of its highly anticipated “triple-G” weight loss medicine.

The drug company said Wednesday that it planned to file lawsuits against US businesses that sell retatrutide products illegally, and it’s asking regulators to do more to rein in…