US EditionTrump announces deals with Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk to slash weight loss drug prices, offer some Medicare coverage
The agreement with Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk will reduce obesity drug costs to as low as $150 monthly for Medicare and Medicaid patients, expanding access for millions.
- President Trump announced deals with Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk to cut prices of obesity drugs for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries in 2026.
- The deals will offer obesity treatments directly to consumers at discounted prices on a website called TrumpRx.gov starting in January.
- Certain Medicare patients will pay $50 per month for approved GLP-1 drugs, and upcoming obesity pills from Lilly and Novo Nordisk will cost $145 per month initially.
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The impact of lowering the cost of weight loss drugs
Millions of Americans will soon have direct access to popular weight-loss drugs at far lower prices than they pay now. That’s due to a deal announced between President Trump and pharmaceutical giants Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk. William Brangham discussed the deal and its potential impact with Stacie Dusetzina of Vanderbilt University.
U.S. deal could cut costs for popular weight-loss drugs. What’s that mean for Canada?
A new deal with major drugmakers, unveiled by U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday, aims to expand coverage and cut prices for popular weight-loss drugs south of the border. So how much could Trump’s announcement really cut costs? And will Canadians also benefit?
Kennedy, a longtime pharma critic, embraces Trump deal to expand access to obesity drugs
WASHINGTON — Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was uncharacteristically chummy with pharma executives at the White House on Thursday as he cheered the Trump administration’s plan for lowering obesity medication prices. Kennedy has railed against drugmakers in the past, and his lifestyle-focused Make America Healthy Again movement has opposed Medicare coverage of GLP-1 weight loss drugs. But he struck a different tone in commenting on the p…
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