{"id":212930,"date":"2026-05-12T18:55:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T22:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/12\/ai-and-glp-1-drugs-eli-lilly-co-s-ceo-talks-of-focus-beyond-150-years\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T19:20:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T23:20:08","slug":"ai-and-glp-1-drugs-eli-lilly-co-s-ceo-talks-of-focus-beyond-150-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/12\/ai-and-glp-1-drugs-eli-lilly-co-s-ceo-talks-of-focus-beyond-150-years\/","title":{"rendered":"AI and GLP-1 drugs: Eli Lilly &#038; Co.\u2019s CEO talks of focus beyond 150 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrtv.com\/news\/local-news\/ai-and-glp-1-drugs-eli-lilly-co-s-ceo-talks-of-focus-beyond-150-years\">AI and GLP-1 drugs: Eli Lilly &#038; Co.\u2019s CEO talks of focus beyond 150 years<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrtv.com\/news\/local-news\/ai-and-glp-1-drugs-eli-lilly-co-s-ceo-talks-of-focus-beyond-150-years\">https:\/\/www.wrtv.com\/news\/local-news\/ai-and-glp-1-drugs-eli-lilly-co-s-ceo-talks-of-focus-beyond-150-years<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-12 18:55:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.wrtv.com\">www.wrtv.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Eli Lilly &amp; Co. is heavily investing in artificial intelligence (AI) to expedite drug research and possibly automate unsafe or repetitive manufacturing processes.<\/li>\n<li>The company is celebrating its 150th anniversary, with the event emceed by Peyton Manning and attended by key state leaders.<\/li>\n<li>Ricks mentioned the company&#8217;s active progress in the early stages of developing GLP-1 weight-loss drugs, along with multiple follow-up medications to address side effects.<\/li>\n<li>Lilly is also developing stronger drugs to assist those who are severely overweight, showing a commitment to diverse weight-loss solutions.<\/li>\n<li>The company is pushing forward in research for neurodegenerative diseases, emphasizing their desire to innovate in areas like Alzheimer&#8217;s, Parkinson&#8217;s, and ALS.<\/li>\n<li>Ricks underscored AI\u2019s role in drug design and research, highlighting Lilly&#8217;s acquisition of the industry\u2019s most powerful supercomputer for these efforts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AI and GLP-1 drugs: Eli Lilly &#038; Co.\u2019s CEO talks of focus beyond 150 years&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":212931,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ewscripps.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/b7e0445\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1920x1008+0+36\/resize\/1200x630!\/quality\/90\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fewscripps-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F08%2F54%2Fa49c65514c2c973d787d801264f7%2Flilly-150-anniversary-4p-pkg-transfer-frame-1124.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-212930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212930"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212930"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212930\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":212932,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212930\/revisions\/212932"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}