00:00The state of Texas says the drug company Eli Lilly bribed doctors with special perks to get them to prescribe certain medicines like Manjaro and ZepBound.
00:08Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says Eli Lilly gave doctors free help, like nurses and office staff, which made it easier for clinics to hand out prescriptions.
00:16The state believes this may have led to Medicaid being charged for some of these drugs, meaning taxpayer money could be involved.
00:22Eli Lilly says they didn't do anything wrong.
00:24They argue that the claims come from a whistleblower whose story has already been rejected by courts and federal officials.
00:29Now this isn't the first time Texas has taken Eli Lilly to court.
00:32The state has also sued the company over the cost of insulin.
00:35Now they're focusing on a group of drugs called GLP-1s, which include popular treatments for weight loss and diabetes.
00:41Now as of right now, this case is still in progress, so we'll have to wait and see what the courts decide.
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