Eli Lilly's blockbuster weight loss drug Zepbound and diabetes treatment Mounjaro posted weaker-than-expected sales for the third quarter, even as both medicines have largely recovered from widespread shortages in the U.

Sales of Eli Lilly’s (LLY) blockbuster weight loss drug Zepbound are still booming, but just not at the level Wall Street was anticipating.

Eli Lilly has amassed a market value nearing a trillion dollars based on the assumption that demand for its new weight-loss medicine Zepbound will be virtually bottomless. After the company reported disappointing third-quarter results Wednesday morning,