{"id":591025,"date":"2026-08-12T14:56:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T14:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/591025\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T14:56:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T14:56:14","slug":"irelands-weight-loss-drug-linked-exports-are-plummeting-its-raising-uncomfortable-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/591025\/","title":{"rendered":"Ireland\u2019s weight loss drug-linked exports are plummeting \u2013 it\u2019s raising uncomfortable questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Business Post subscribers can read:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 How Irish peptide exports are plummeting, hitting a potential six-year low<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Which pharma company is linked to such exports<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 What the phenomenon has to do with Ireland\u2019s tax base<\/p>\n<p>Ireland\u2019s exports of pharmaceuticals central to the production of blockbuster weight-loss drugs have dipped dramatically after surging to record highs last year.<\/p>\n<p>Exports of protein and peptide-based hormones \u2013 widely understood to relate specifically to Eli Lilly\u2019s operations in Ireland \u2013 are on track to hit a six-year low in 2026, according to US trade data analysed by the Business Post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Business Post subscribers can read: \u2022 How Irish peptide exports are plummeting, hitting a potential six-year low \u2022&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":591026,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-591025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=591025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591025\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/591026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=591025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=591025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=591025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}