Eli Lilly said on Thursday that its newer diabetes drug Mounjaro outperformed Trulicity, its previously top-selling medication for the disease, in reducing the risk of heart attack and stroke in a large,

Eli Lilly said it believes the new data bolsters the case for Mounjaro to be prescribers' first choice for patients with Type 2 diabetes.

Eli Lilly’s blockbuster diabetes drug Mounjaro matched the ability of an older treatment to prevent major heart complications in a large trial.