This change is happening because there’s another covered medication that’s safe and effective for your condition and may cost ...

A major change to her prescription benefits meant the medication she was using to manage her weight – a treatment that had ...

CVS Health announced plans to drop Eli Lilly's Zepbound from its preferred coverage in favor of Novo Nordisk A/S's Wegovy for weight loss — a major blow to the Indianapolis pharmaceutical ...

CVS Caremark decided to stop offering Zepbound in favor of Wegovy for weight loss. It’s the latest example of limits imposed by insurance that disrupt treatments for patients.

Summary. 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.

Caremark will also drop the weight loss drug Zepbound from its standard formularies on that date, in a blow to its manufacturer, Eli Lilly, a CVS spokesperson told CNBC.

On July 1, Caremark will no longer prefer Zepbound in its standard formulary, replacing the drug instead with Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy. ... CVS Caremark was able to do what PBMs do best: ...

CVS Caremark has selected Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy as the preferred GLP-1 medication for its largest commercial template ... which began selling higher doses of Zepbound, a weight loss drug, ...

Nearly two-thirds of patients who started on weight-loss drugs Wegovy or Zepbound last year were still taking them a year ...

This month, CVS Caremark announced that it had also signed a deal to make Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy its preferred GLP-1RA starting in July, which concurrently deprioritised coverage for Zepbound.

"Now that there's adequate supply of both of these GLP-1s, CVS Caremark was able to negotiate Wegovy against Zepbound to determine which manufacturer of these clinically similar products could ...

Caremark will also drop the weight loss drug Zepbound from its standard formularies on that date, in a blow to its manufacturer, Eli Lilly, a CVS spokesperson told CNBC.