{"id":276367,"date":"2026-01-09T18:49:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T18:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/276367\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T18:49:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T18:49:11","slug":"amazon-adds-novo-nordisks-wegovy-pill-to-pharmacy-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/276367\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon Adds Novo Nordisk&#8217;s Wegovy Pill to Pharmacy Platform"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">This article first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gurufocus.com\/news\/4104037\/amazon-adds-novo-nordisks-wegovy-pill-to-pharmacy-platform?utm_source=yahoo_finance&amp;utm_medium=syndication&amp;utm_campaign=headlines&amp;r=caf6fe0e0db70d936033da5461e60141\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:GuruFocus;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">GuruFocus<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">Amazon Pharmacy (<a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/AMZN\" data-ylk=\"slk:AMZN;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AMZN<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/AMZN\" data-ylk=\"slk:Financials;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Financials<\/a>) stated that it is now selling Novo Nordisk&#8217;s (<a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/NVO\" data-ylk=\"slk:NVO;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NVO<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/NVO\" data-ylk=\"slk:Financials;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Financials<\/a>) Wegovy weight loss <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/healthcare-pharmaceuticals\/amazon-pharmacy-offers-novo-nordisks-wegovy-pill-2026-01-09\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:medication via both insurance programs and a cash pay option;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">medication via both insurance programs and a cash pay option<\/a>. The new choice adds to Amazon&#8217;s digital health services as the need for obesity treatments keeps growing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">People with commercial insurance may only have to pay $25 a month, while people without insurance may get the medicine for as low as $149 a month. The business added that in the next several weeks, Amazon Pharmacy kiosks would also provide the pill form of Wegovy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">In December, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized Novo Nordisk&#8217;s 25-milligram Wegovy tablet. Semaglutide is the active ingredient in the oral version of Wegovy and Ozempic, just as it is in the injectable forms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">Amazon&#8217;s recent step boosts its position in the quickly rising online prescription business and fits with the larger trend of using technology to provide healthcare.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This article first appeared on GuruFocus. 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