Eli Lilly will raise the UK list price of its weight-loss treatment Mounjaro by up to 170%, it said on Thursday, amid a White House push to get drugmakers to raise medicine prices in Europe to allow for price cuts in the United States.

A woman who has spent over £2,000 on weight loss jabs is bulk buying Mounjaro injections ahead of a huge price hike. Consumers who pay privately for the Mounjaro weight loss drug could have to shell out thousands more if they want to continue with the treatment,