Lilly Partners With Amazon to Deliver Zepbound and Other Drugs

Eli Lilly stated on Wednesday it has introduced on Amazon’s pharmacy unit to ship drug prescriptions despatched to its direct-to-consumer service, LillyDirect.

Lilly launched the platform in January to allow sufferers to acquire their migraine, diabetes and weight problems medicine, together with the favored weight-loss drugs Zepbound, immediately from the corporate through supply from on-line pharmacy Truepill.

The drugmaker stated prescriptions despatched to LillyDirect Pharmacy Options would now be delivered by both Amazon Pharmacy or Truepill, relying on the affected person’s insurance coverage protection and different elements.

Lilly’s vice chairman of managed healthcare providers, Frank Cunningham, stated they deliberate to separate the orders between the 2 firms. He stated Lilly was “very happy” with the variety of prescriptions it had crammed via LillyDirect however declined to share the quantity.

A Lilly spokesperson stated in an emailed assertion that the web site has generated vital curiosity because the launch and that the drugmaker “regarded ahead to persevering with to boost LillyDirect with further medicines, companions and repair suppliers within the close to future.”

Cunningham stated the Indianapolis-based drugmaker was contemplating partnering with a retail pharmacy to supply a pick-up choice for LillyDirect clients.

Walgreens CEO Tim Wentworth instructed Reuters shortly after LillyDirect was launched that the pharmacy chain might be “a really pure potential associate for somebody like Lilly.”

LillyDirect was launched on the again of surging demand final 12 months for highly effective weight-loss medicine together with Zepbound and Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy.

The marketplace for weight problems medicine is estimated to succeed in no less than $100 billion by the tip of the last decade, as customers flock to the brand new therapies which were proven to cut back weight by as a lot as 20 %.

Lilly CEO David Ricks instructed Reuters in January that the web site would make sure that coupons that convey the price of Zepbound all the way down to $550 a month have been utilized, and would additionally encourage customers to keep away from compounded or pretend variations of the medication.

The web site additionally connects sufferers to impartial telehealth suppliers who can complement their present staff of docs or be a substitute for in-person take care of sure situations, the corporate has beforehand stated.

By Patrick Wingrove; Enhancing by Matthew Lewis

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