# Eli Lilly CEO: 700,000 new seniors started GLP-1s after Medicare coverage, 70% use Lilly drugs

https://mins.news/en/item/67825

- CNBC, 2026-09-21 18:28 UTC
- Health
- Original: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/21/eli-lilly-ceo-david-ricks-glp-1s-medicare-coverage.html

> Eli Lilly’s CEO says 700,000 seniors have begun taking GLP-1 medicines since Medicare coverage started, with 70% using Lilly’s drugs. The figures offer the latest measure of how the new coverage, launched in July, is expanding access to the medicines.