Eli Lilly said the highest dose of its daily obesity pill helped patients lose almost 12% of their body weight, or roughly 27 pounds, at 72 weeks in a late-stage trial. Eli Lilly's pill, orforglipron,

Eli Lilly is one step closer to bringing an oral weight loss medicine to the booming obesity drug market. A clinical trial saw people lose 12% of body fat.

In a Phase 3 trial, drugmaker Eli Lilly and Company said it's oral GLP-1 pill showed similar results to injectable weight loss options after a 72-week period.