Episode · Cheeky Pint · 2025-11-11

Books mentioned on Dave Ricks, CEO of Eli Lilly, on GLP-1s and the business of pharma

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Dave Ricks, the CEO of Eli Lilly, the world's most valuable pharmaceutical company, sits down with John and Patrick to discuss the complex business of drug development.

Mentioned: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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   The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

   Douglas Adams · at 50:30

   The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams is a comedic science fiction classic that follows the absurd misadventures of the last surviving man, Arthur Dent, across a satirical and indifferent universe.

   Discussed

   “It's like "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy." It's a non-searchable— Beware of the Leopard.”

   Speaker Dave Ricks, CEO of Eli Lilly, on GLP-1s and the business of pharma 2025-11-11 Listen at 50:30

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