The results are an uncomfortable echo of late October 2024, when Mounjaro and Zepbound missed by similar margins. Those results unsettled investors, setting off a three-week sello

Eli Lilly’s expectations for sales in the fourth quarter of last year missed forecasts, driven by lower-than-expected sales of its diabetes and obesity drugs.

The updated guidance, which was largely driven by lower-than-anticipated sales of GLP-1 blockbusters Mounjaro and Zepbound, sent Eli Lilly’s shares cratering by as much as 8% Tuesday, even as the company forecasted robust 2025 revenue.

Turning to 2025 guidance, Lilly noted that new medicines and new uses of existing medicines, expansion of production, and global expansion of sales of its diabetes and weight loss drugs should all add up to strong, 32% sales growth in the new year. The company forecasts 2025 sales of $58 billion to $61 billion.

Eli Lilly slashes the revenue guidance for the fourth quarter and fiscal 2024 but offers a bullish outlook for 2025.

Key Takeaways Eli Lilly shares tumbled Tuesday after the drugmaker lowered its revenue forecast for the 2024 fiscal year.The maker of weight-loss drugs Mounjaro and Zepbound said sales grew slower than expected in the fourth quarter.

When Eli Lilly last year started offering lower-priced vials of its blockbuster obesity drug Zepbound, which were previously sold in injectable pens, it framed the move as a way to expand patient access.