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Mounjaro India’s bestselling drug in Oct with ₹100 cr sales
Business Standard
|November 08, 2025
Eli Lilly’s anti-obesity medicine Mounjaro (tirzepatide) emerged as India’s highest-selling drug by value in October 2025, posting sales worth almost ₹100 crore for the first time since its launch in March this year.
According to data from market analysis firm Pharmarack, the weightloss drug has raked in a cumulative revenue of ₹333 crore in seven months of its launch, with the medicine finding popularity among new patients wanting to onboard anti-obesity therapy.
With its performance, Mounjaro has pushed longstanding top performers such as Augmentin (₹80 crore) and Glycomet (₹78 crore) to the second and third position, respectively, in October.
Even within the anti-obesity segment, Mounjaro seemed to have outperformed its competitors such as Wegovy and Rybelsus (both semaglutide), which had sales of ₹9 crore and ₹26 crore, respectively, in October.
“Mounjaro’s consumption in India by volume was 10 times more than Wegovy in October,” said Sheetal Sapale, Pharmarack’s vice president (commercial).
This story is from the November 08, 2025 edition of Business Standard.
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