Eli Lilly & Co.’s blockbuster diabetes drug Mounjaro was about as good at preventing heart attacks and strokes as its older medicine Trulicity in a head-to-head study of the two treatments.

Eli Lilly said it believes the new data bolsters the case for Mounjaro to be prescribers’ first choice for patients with Type 2 diabetes.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against Eli Lilly and Co. (NYSE:LLY), accusing the pharmaceutical giant of bribing medical providers to promote its most profitable drugs, including the widely used GLP-1 medications Mounjaro and Zepbound for diabetes and weight loss.

Eli Lilly on Wednesday launched the easy-to-use injector pen of its blockbuster weight-loss drug Mounjaro for 14,000 rupees (nearly $160) for its starting dose of 2.5 mg in India, stepping up competition with Novo Nordisk .

Mounjaro manufacturer Eli Lilly said it was raising the price by up to 170% which could hit people paying privately for the drug.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against Eli Lilly, accusing the drug maker of bribing doctors to prescribe their medications. Paxton said the quid pro quo arrangements tainted millions of dollars of claims to Texas Medicaid.