It comes as President Donald Trump pressures drugmakers to lower U.S. drug prices while hiking them abroad under a policy called "most favored nation."

Eli Lilly will raise the UK list price of its weight-loss and type 2 diabetes treatment Mounjaro by up to 170% to be in line with other European markets, it said on Thursday, as the pharma industry responds to U.

People paying privately for weight loss drug Mounjaro in the UK face a rise in the cost of the treatment after manufacturer Eli Lilly said it was increasing the list price of the drug by as much as 170%.