- Customers at CVS can buy weight loss drug wegovy in a discount. Cash consumers can get the product made by Novo Nordisk for $ 499 per month. The Pharma company has recently been hurting the major Telehealth companies.
The CVS and Novo Nordisk have stabbed a deal to see the drug chain that offered the weight-loss weight-loss drug to customers in a discount.
About 9,000 locations of CVs will start selling Wegovy $ 499 per month to customers who pay cash out of pocket. That's the same rate of Novo Nordisk has previously offered via online pharmacy.
Novo Nordisk is looking for ways to expand market sharing -just. It also recently aligned with Telehealth Him & Hers, RO and Lifemd companies to sell Wegovy to a discount for cash customers.
“As the leader in the protection of obesity for more than a decade, it is our responsibility to continue to cooperate with others throughout the US healthcare system to find innovative opportunities to meet the needs of these patients and connect them to … Wegovy in a convenient and affordable way,” Dave Moore, President of Novo Nordisk, said, said In a statement.
Wegovy trails ozempic in market sharing. Both drugs were made by Novo Nordisk.
The announcement came as the CVS exceeded the analyst expectations of first-quarter income. The company reported revenues per component of $ 2.25, compared to an expected $ 1.70. Those numbers, however, excluded charges tied to a recent -only Jury's jury Against the company's Omnicare program, the unit found filed false claims in Medicare, Medicaid and Tricare, resulting in injuries of more than $ 135.5 million.
The company also raised its 2025 guide to a range of $ 6 to $ 6.20 in revenues per part, from $ 5.75 to $ 6.
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