Prices are falling for the popular obesity treatments Wegovy and Zepbound, but steady access to the drugs remains challenging ...

Pharmacy benefit manager CVS Caremark drops Zepbound coverage, estimating 10-15% savings while Eli Lilly offers self-pay ...

Doctors say the situation forces them to get creative in treating patients, but there’s hope that prices may fall more in the ...

Pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly that new preliminary research indicates its medication Zepbound helps patients lose more weight in a shorter time frame compared to Novo Nordisk's Wegovy. According ...

Overweight patients given an experimental weight loss drug being developed by China's Sciwind Biosciences lost an average of 10% to 15% of their body weight, roughly in line with results from a ...

GLP-1 medications such as Wegovy, Mounjaro and Ozempic helped drive a 9% year-over-year increase in U.S. prescription dispensing revenue, which reached $683 billion in 2024.

Wegovy received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval and was launched in June 2021, and Zepbound entered the market in December 2023 as a new contender.

Questions included whether the Indianapolis-based drugmaker is working to improve insurance coverage for the drug and highlighted users’ concerns about comparisons with Novo Nordisk's Wegovy.

Novo Nordisk’s arch-rival in the obesity market is Eli Lilly LLY. NVO’s Ozempic and Wegovy face strong competition from Lilly’s tirzepatide medicines, Mounjaro (T2D) and Wegovy (obesity).

Now the shortages of Novo Nordisk's Wegovy and Eli Lilly & Co.'s Zepbound are over. The FDA determined in December and February, respectively, that the companies could meet demand.

If HS-20094 becomes nearly as successful as Zepbound, the $80 million Regeneron paid -- and the $1.93 billion in milestones -- would represent quite the bargain. However, it is too early to celebrate.

Hims teamed up with Novo Nordisk A/S in April to offer its rival drug Wegovy at a discounted price to patients who use its platform. The telehealth company — and its investors — had been ...