Dave Ricks, CEO of Eli Lilly | The All-In Interview

(0:00) Friedberg welcomes Eli Lilly CEO Dave Ricks
(2:06) The obesity problem: a global chronic health epidemic
(13:07) The history of discovering GLP-1s
(20:38) Impact of GLP-1s on different human functions
(27:09) Understanding the commercial aspect of drug discovery, pricing for GLP-1 drugs
(33:11) Responding to criticism and research of GLP-1 dependency
(40:04) Stock performance, dealing with political pressure related to successful drugs
(47:19) Eli Lilly's portfolio of drugs outside of GLP-1s, what science Dave is excited about
(56:09) Scaling and impacting culture at a 100+ year-old company

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[alexanderianvalencia]

The science corner part of the show is awesome. Thanks Mr. Friedberg!

[cag]

Friedberg could barely say a word in the episode with Cuban, so he does his own episode afterwards. 😂

[CaseyJedynak]

Finally some content where friedberg gets to shine

[ExcelSpreadSheetUserWarrior]

Friedberg is definitely the sharpest dude in this crew, im glad to he gets to do his thing without getting constantly interrupted and cut off by his cohosts.

[TomAsh]

This was the best episode in a long time of the pod. No political bs. But pure knowledge being passed on. We need more of this (and it does not have to be science) back on the pod!

[UroDoc-qd]

Love these one-on-one interviews where the host is matched to the guest. Friedberg is in his element here! And Dave Ricks is so impressive, both as a businessman and as a man of science.

[GriffinPearson]

“Do you talk to food companies?”
“Yes I have a couple of them on my board”
Friedberg unintentionally getting to the bottom of the corruption

[mattbrown]

More fuckin fridberg talks. I really appreciate fridbergs insight and it gets overshadowed constantly by Sachs and jasons partisan bickering.

[drmarkbishara]

Thank you for a great talk about the global issue of obesity. As a practicing physician and patient I have pivoted from Plastic Surgery ...liposuction to treating these patients with GLP1, GIP, and GLP3s. I have lost 65lbs and on a maintenance dose of about 75% of the targeted dose. Looking forward to seeing chronic benefits on AD and age related mental decline. Diebetes type III. Great summit this year ...3 of us really enjoyed it!

[empressopal]

Friedberg's science corner.. Im here for it!

[boresow]

There's a metric I like called "The Friedberg Ratio" which is the number of words Friedberg speaks / the total number of words spoken in an episode. The higher this ratio the better the episode. This episode had a high ratio

[angelas]

I absolutely love and adore every member of the All-In podcast - everyone brings their own unique dynamic to the table and that is so important. This podcast solely with Dave x Dave was something I REALLY needed. Casey & Calley means are doing great work and others that are coming to the surface in effectively addressing the global chronic health epidemic i their own way - however, the format of this podcast was clear, really comprehensively addressed for us that appreciate the "nerd out" and have a thorough interest in this area, was absolutely delicious. Practically nutritious! Thank you ♥

[judyverkerk]

I worked for Eli Lilly in the 80’s when I was in my 20’s, repping antibiotics, in South Africa. I’m 72 now! Brilliant company, lots of pressure!

[shreyasbhaktharam]

Freidberg episode ftw! Glad that he got his moment to shine

[sachin]

I have lost 55lbs over the last 6 months due to diet control and 3x more exercise in 2024 than what I did in 2023. Im literally eating 40% of what I ate in Q1 2024 and Im sleeping much better, thinking much better and feeling great overall. After looking at this episode, Im so blessed to be on this weightloss journey! My profile photo is from Q1 2024, Im much better looking now! Thanks David and Dave for this conversation. Lovely Tuesday science corner with no one interrupting.

[vaibhavj]

(uniterrupted) Friedberg for 1 hr.. wow

[ianh]

Excellent interview Friedberg's technical knowledge and experience lends itself well to these sorts of interview.

[ramanujangopalan]

Very refreshing! Focus on substantive content and no theater.

[delarow]

Friedberg really shone here, and I’m glad to see him push back on some of the deeper issues. It's striking how this discussion about drugs like GLP-1 conveniently sidesteps the root cause of the obesity crisis—poor food choices and the broken food system. Instead of addressing these foundational issues, we’re watching the cost of insulin shift to a new, expensive drug. This feels like another case of profiting from a health epidemic while the underlying problem remains unaddressed. Props to Friedberg for getting to the core of this.

[crunchwrapsonly]

One of the best all-in episodes in recent memory - very info dense. Would love more of this!