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

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

Nearly two-thirds of patients who started on weight-loss drugs Wegovy or Zepbound last year were still taking them a year later, according to an analysis of U.S. pharmacy claims.

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

Pharmacy benefit manager CVS Caremark decided to replace Zepbound with Wegovy for use in weight loss starting July 1, despite Zepbound users having more weight loss success.

Sixty-three percent of patients starting on Novo Nordisk's Wegovy or Eli Lilly's Zepbound during the first quarter of 2024 were still taking them 12 months later.

Doctors, patients frustrated Zepbound and Wegovy are both effective at treating obesity and approved by the FDA to do so, but there are differences.

CVS Caremark will stop covering the weight management drug Zepbound, leading to concerns over prescription benefits and insurance coverage for obesity treatments.