WASHINGTON, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Texas Attorney General

Ken Paxton on Tuesday sued U.S. drugmaker Eli Lilly ( LLY ) for

allegedly "bribing" providers to prescribe its medications.

The attorney general's office said in a statement the

company bribed and illegally induced medical providers to

prescribe its most profitable drugs, including the GLP-1

medications Mounjaro and Zepbound that are used for weight loss

and diabetes treatment.

(Reporting by Jasper Ward in Washington and Bhargav Acharya in

Toronto;)