Novo Nordisk offers Wegovy for less than half the price through new direct-to-consumer pharmacy

Novo Nordisk on Wednesday said it will offer its weight loss drug Wegovy for less than half of its usual price per month through a new direct-to-consumer online pharmacy.The cash-pay offering is available to millions of patients without insurance coverage for the blockbuster injection, such as those with Medicare. It aims to make Wegovy available to more people, while also ensuring that patients use the branded medication instead of cheaper compounded copycats that exploded in popularity during a recently r ...