Eli Lilly’s experimental pill worked as well as blockbuster drug Ozempic to lower weight and blood sugar in a trial of diabetes patients, and the company said it expects to seek regulatory approvals by the end of the year.
Shares jumped 16 percent as results of the study, the first of several underway on the pill, orforglipron, raised hopes of an effective and easy-to-use treatment reaching a market dominated by weight-loss injections.
US-listed shares of Ozempic maker Novo Nordisk, down…

