Eli Lilly to open website to directly distribute Zepbound to patients.
The fox is literally in the hen house. Just another illustration of how Big Pharm is calling the shots and robbing oodles of money from all of us!
"Drugmaker Eli Lilly announced on Thursday a new website that will allow patients to get a weight loss drug prescription through a tele-health provider — a move, the company says, that will improve access to the extremely popular and effective drugs, including its recently approved drug."
“We’re used to buying consumer goods directly from manufacturers all the time on online websites,” said Lilly CEO David Ricks. Ricks said the new platform will make it easier for patients to access the drugs, cutting out the need to go to the doctor to get a prescription and then to a pharmacy to fill it.
Yep. The telemedicine doc will get paid to write the Rx, but the local docs and pharmacies will get cut out of the trade. But, unless the insurance companies and/or Medicare start paying for what they consider lifestyle diseases (overweight and obesity), the patients will still have to pay a pretty penny for Zepbound.
Eli Lilly to open website to directly distribute Zepbound to patients.
The fox is literally in the hen house. Just another illustration of how Big Pharm is calling the shots and robbing oodles of money from all of us!
"Drugmaker Eli Lilly announced on Thursday a new website that will allow patients to get a weight loss drug prescription through a tele-health provider — a move, the company says, that will improve access to the extremely popular and effective drugs, including its recently approved drug."
“We’re used to buying consumer goods directly from manufacturers all the time on online websites,” said Lilly CEO David Ricks. Ricks said the new platform will make it easier for patients to access the drugs, cutting out the need to go to the doctor to get a prescription and then to a pharmacy to fill it.
Zepbound.https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/weight-loss-drug-online-website-eli-lilly-rcna131597?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=topic%2Fnews
Yep. The telemedicine doc will get paid to write the Rx, but the local docs and pharmacies will get cut out of the trade. But, unless the insurance companies and/or Medicare start paying for what they consider lifestyle diseases (overweight and obesity), the patients will still have to pay a pretty penny for Zepbound.