What: Eli Lilly’s Zepbound is the latest weight loss drug to hit the market (the medication is known as Mounjaro when prescribed for diabetes), and the company has set up a telehealth program to ship drugs directly to patients after they meet with a provider.
Why it matters: Lots of companies have set up telehealth sites to connect patients with hard-to-find weight loss drugs, but Eli Lilly is the first pharmaceutical company to do it themselves. It’s a new frontier.
Source: NBC
One organization got requests for 5,000 pills in less than 12 hours. They typically ship 9,000 pills in an entire month.
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