CVS restores Zepbound coverage, adds Eli Lilly’s obesity pill Foundayo
The post CVS restores Zepbound coverage, adds Eli Lilly’s obesity pill Foundayo appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. An Eli Lilly & Co. Zepbound injection pen arranged in the Brooklyn borough of New York, US, on Thursday, March 28, 2024. Shelby Knowles | Bloomberg | Getty Images CVS Health on Thursday said it will restore coverage of Eli Lilly‘s blockbuster weight loss injection Zepbound and start covering its new obesity pill on its standard drug plans – a win for the drugmaker and certain patients who will be able to access more treatment options. CVS will add Zepbound coverage on Oct. 1, and start covering Lilly’s newly approved Foundayo pill on June 1. The move will boost Lilly’s efforts to maintain its dominance over Novo Nordisk in the blockbuster weight loss drug market, as it puts the two drugmakers on equal footing in major plans. It comes a year after CVS struck a deal with Novo Nordisk to make its drug Wegovy the preferred obesity treatment on its standard plans, while dro