Key PointsVertex Pharmaceuticals and Eli Lilly are both going after the non-opioid pain management market.Vertex Pharmaceuticals has a lead, but both drugmakers could be successful in this niche.There are good reasons to invest in either stock. 10 stocks we like better than Vertex Pharmaceuticals › Vertex Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: VRTX) and Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY) are two leading drugmakers that dominate their respective core therapeutic areas. Ver…