Overview

• Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit on behalf of Health Choice Alliance LLC alleging that Eli Lilly provided free nurses and administrative support to doctors who prescribed Zepbound, Mounjaro and about a dozen other medications.
• The complaint claims these incentives steered prescribers to favor Lilly’s weight-loss and diabetes treatments and generated millions of dollars in tainted claims to Texas Medicaid.
• Eli Lilly issued a statement denying the allegations, noting that multiple courts and federal authorities previously dismissed similar claims by the same relator for lacking factual and legal support.
• Paxton said the action builds on last year’s insulin pricing lawsuit and could trigger extensive discovery into pharmaceutical support programs for prescribers.
• Health Choice Alliance’s credibility is under scrutiny after earlier qui tam claims against Lilly were moved to dismiss by the U.S. government for insufficient support.