A recent study reveals a surge in the use of GLP-1 medications, such as Ozempic and Wegovy, among younger age groups.

Evernorth said that through direct negotiations with Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly, patients’ monthly copay costs for Wegovy (semaglutide) and Zepbound (tirzepatide) will not exceed $200. Wegovy has a ...

Evernorth said in an announcement that through its Express Scripts arm it negotiated directly with the manufacturers for Wegovy and Zepbound—Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly, respectively—to cap ...

The new weight-loss option will cut what the plan sponsors pay as well as what the patients pay, Cigna’s PBM Evernorth says. Wegovy semaglutide injection pens. Credit: K KStock/Adobe Stock ...

The benefit could nudge more Evernorth clients to cover GLP-1s. Currently, only half of its employer clients cover drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound for weight management, executives said on a call ...

New prescriptions for Wegovy among teenagers increased by 50% between 2023 and 2024, according to a June 3 report from healthcare data company Truveta. To analyze GLP-1 utilization trends among ...

The company's Evernorth Health Services subsidiary has launched a pharmacy benefit offering that caps monthly copayments for Wegovy and Zepbound, two blockbuster glucagon-like peptide-1 agonists ...

Cigna’s pharmacy benefits unit Evernorth said the deal will bring prices down for employers and their workers.

adding that Evernorth was able to get better pricing while maintaining coverage for both drugs. Last month, CVS Caremark announced that it had struck a deal to make Novo's Wegovy its primary ...