CVS is set to drop Zepbound as a medicine, but will continue to carry other popular weight loss drugs instead.

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Pharmacy benefit manager CVS Caremark drops Zepbound coverage, estimating 10-15% savings while Eli Lilly offers self-pay ...

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"Both Wegovy and Zepbound have demonstrated clinically significant weight reduction." "For example, if a patient has fatty liver, we will choose the GLP-1 that is proven to work best for liver ...

The weight loss drug Zepbound (tirzepatide) led to 50 percent more weight loss in a 72-week trial than Wegovy (semaglutide). Participants taking Zepbound lost 50 pounds (lb) on average, compared ...

Nearly 32% of Zepbound users ultimately lost at least a quarter of their body weight, compared with just 16% of Wegovy users. In both groups, weight loss was about 6% lower in men than in women.

Eli Lilly & Co.’s obesity drug Zepbound helped people trim about two inches more off their waists than Novo Nordisk A/S’s Wegovy in the first head-to-head study of the rival medicines.

Trizepatide (Zepbound), on the other hand, mimics two different hormones — GLP-1 and GIP — both of which the body produces after one eats. GIP bolsters how the body processes sugar and fat.

Zepbound sales totaled $4.9 billion worldwide last year, while Wegovy earned nearly $8.8 billion. Both drugs were recently removed from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's shortage list.