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A pharmacy benefit manager stopped covering a GLP-1 for obesity. Now there’s a lawsuit

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By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — A class-action lawsuit has been filed against CVS Caremark over its decision to stop covering Zepbound, Eli Lilly’s blockbuster GLP-1 drug to treat obesity. When the major pharmacy benefit manager informed patients about the change this year, it suggested that there was “another covered medication that’s safe and effective for your condition and may cost less”: namely Wegovy, from Novo Nordisk, with which CVS Ca…

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A pharmacy benefit manager stopped covering a GLP-1 for obesity. Now there’s a lawsuit

A class-action lawsuit has been filed against CVS Caremark over its decision to stop covering Zepbound, Eli Lilly’s blockbuster GLP-1 drug to treat obesity.

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