black market
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Eli Lilly LLY -1.37%decrease; down pointing triangle has filed six new lawsuits against U.S. entities that it alleges are selling a version of the company’s investigational weight-loss drug on the black market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
“What is being sold on the black market is not a medicine — it is entirely unverified, unapproved and not worth the risk,” David Hyman, Lilly’s chief medical officer, said in a news release.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
The tax cut also hasn’t snuffed out the black market, as evidenced by the Governor’s press release this week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
She added that stakeholders had expressed concerns that more regulation could push problem gamblers onto the black market.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
“I mean, even Twelve had a black market, right?”
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
