{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/39fc4a99-8861-437d-81e2-684d13e48f92/6a58fc534d4b991ebea92758?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The man reinventing a trillion-dollar drugmaker","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/62e286a934d4d92155874248/1784216534059-fcc1257f-3a38-4512-9ac2-7c502477933d.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Eli Lilly has been selling pills to sick people for 150 years. That business model has made it a trillion-dollar company. But now, the firm’s CEO David Ricks wants to do something <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/business/2026/07/15/eli-lilly-is-reinventing-the-pharma-business?utm_campaign=a.io&amp;utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&amp;utm_source=moneytalks&amp;utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&amp;utm_term=sa.listeners\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">different</a>. He wants to push treatments that stop people getting sick in the first place. Will it work?</p><p><br></p><p>Guests and hosts:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>David Ricks, CEO of Eli Lilly</li><li>Shailesh Chitnis, <em>The Economist’s</em> global business writer</li><li>Mike Bird, co-host of “Money Talks”</li><li>Alice Fulwood, co-host of “Money Talks”</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Topics covered:</p><ul><li>Eli Lilly</li><li>AI</li><li>GLP-1s</li></ul><p><br></p><p><em>Transcripts of our podcasts are available via</em><a href=\"http://economist.com/podcasts\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em> economist.com/podcasts</em></a><em>.</em></p><p><em>Listen to what matters most, from global politics and business to science and technology—</em><a href=\"https://subscribenow.economist.com/podcasts-plus\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>subscribe to The Economist</em></a><em>.</em></p>","author_name":"The Economist"}