# Eli Lilly CEO Dave Ricks pushes back on Dario Amodei's medical timeline claims

> Original title: Breaking: Eli Lilly CEO becomes latest to push back on Dario Amodei’s ludicrous, Elizabeth Holmes-like medical claims

- Source: Marcus on AI
- Published: 2026-11-12T12:25:55.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/pvlthk0je9hhj8edmsqsm2wdr
- Original: https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/breaking-eli-lilly-ceo-becomes-latest

## Summary

Eli Lilly chairman and CEO Dave Ricks gave a more realistic view than Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's claims about curing diseases quickly, according to Marcus on AI. The author says Amodei made the claims in a video tied to Anthropic's IPO launch and calls the timelines unachievable, since clinical trials cannot be expedited that far.