Some commercially insured patients stand to save $150 per month on Wegovy, a popular obesity medication. Patients on Medicare and Medicaid are not eligible.

Typically when a new drug comes on the market, physicians are conservative about their prescribing habits, but this has not been the case with some the latest weight loss drugs, according to the Arkansas Pharmacists Association CEO.

Consumers who use telehealth or medical spas to get less expensive, compounded weight loss drugs will need to get their medications elsewhere.

The weight-loss drug market is evolving at a rapid speed, with leading pharma companies including Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly diving into the opportunity to make anti-obesity products. This article looks into key players in the arena.

Minnesota lawmakers are renewing a push to require insurance coverage of anti-obesity drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. Why it matters: These life-changing drugs, known as GLP-1s, are helping millions of Americans shed pounds and lower their risk of more serious conditions like heart attacks and strokes.

After Zepbound-maker Eli Lilly reduced the price of the weight-loss drug, competitor Novo Nordisk has cut the price of weight-loss drug Wegovy.

Novo Nordisk said it would drop prices by 25 percent for all doses of the drug, making the new monthly price about $500.

US taxpayers spent an estimated $6 billion researching, developing, and implementing new blockbuster weight-loss drugs, according to new data shared with the Lever. Yet Americans are now paying pharmaceutical giants — including one in Denmark — up to eleven times more for these medicines than patients in other countries,