CVS Caremark decided to stop offering Zepbound in favor of Wegovy for weight loss. It’s the latest example of limits imposed ...

Allison Stange lost 40 pounds since starting Zepbound in April 2024, improving both her blood pressure and sleep apnea. Now ...

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In addition to eliciting greater weight loss than Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy, Eli Lilly’s Zepbound does not come at the expense of ...

CVS Health said it will significantly expand access to Novo Nordisk's blockbuster weight loss drug Wegovy for patients covered by its pharmacy benefit manager, Caremark. Starting July 1, Caremark will ...

CVS’ pharmacy benefit manager Caremark also reached an agreement with Danish drugmaker ... The deal should increase access to Wegovy at the expense of other therapies, such as Eli Lilly’s Zepbound.

who are more likely to stick with Caremark's standard formularies. Larger companies covering more patients often use customized formularies, meaning they can still decide to include Zepbound.

CVS said Caremark will offer Wegovy at "a more affordable ... investors worried about direct competition in the market between Zepbound and Wegovy. Lilly executives remained unfazed about the ...

Eli Lilly and Company's stock fell over 11% after CVS Caremark excluded Lilly’s obesity drug Zepbound from its standard commercial formularies starting July 1, 2025. The market overreacted to ...

Many patients may have to switch obesity drugs now that CVS Caremark opted to stop offering tirzepatide (Zepbound) in favor of semaglutide (Wegovy), despite the latter yielding less weight loss.

One of the largest benefit managers, CVS Health’s Caremark, made the decision to exclude Zepbound in spite of research that found that it resulted in more weight loss than Wegovy, which will ...