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Eli Lilly’s Foundayo is the second oral weight-loss pill to be approved in Europe, after U.K. approval. On Monday, the U.K.’s Medicines and Healthcare products regulatory agency announced approval of orforglipron, to be marketed as Foundayo, for helping patients lose weight and manage type 2 diabetes. But there’s a catch for British patients: the drug…

Eli Lilly (NYSE:LLY) has secured U.K. approval for its once-daily weight-loss pill Foundayo, giving the drugmaker its first regulatory win for the treatment outside the U.S. and escalating its obesity battle with Novo Nordisk. The approval expands Lilly’s opportunity beyond injectable drugs such as Zepbound while giving patients a potentially simpler oral option in one…