{"id":385090,"date":"2026-04-10T14:05:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T14:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/385090\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T14:05:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T14:05:21","slug":"eli-lilly-weight-loss-pill-becomes-available-in-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/385090\/","title":{"rendered":"Eli Lilly Weight-Loss Pill Becomes Available in U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fb41050db8441314de6a63dcb1486618.jpeg\" alt=\"Eli Lilly\u2019s Foundayo weight-loss pill is now available in the U.S. following the Food and Drug Administration\u2019s approval earlier this month.\" loading=\"eager\" height=\"641\" width=\"960\" class=\"yf-lglytj  loaded\"\/> Eli Lilly\u2019s Foundayo weight-loss pill is now available in the U.S. following the Food and Drug Administration\u2019s approval earlier this month. &#8211; Mike Blake\/Reuters      <\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">Eli Lilly\u2019s Foundayo weight-loss pill is now available in the U.S. following the Food and Drug Administration\u2019s approval earlier this month, the company said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">The drug is available through Eli Lilly\u2019s direct sales platform and telehealth providers and is shipping to retail pharmacies, the company said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">Amazon Pharmacy and GoodRx said patients would be able to access Foundayo through their platforms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">Foundayo is Eli Lilly\u2019s attempt to counter Novo Nordisk\u2019s successful launch of a pill version of its Wegovy drug, which it has been selling since the start of this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">The companies are betting that the launch of GLP-1 pills will increase demand for the drugs, attracting those who are averse to needles or who don\u2019t think their weight is problematic enough to warrant an injection.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">The starting dose of Foundayo will cost $149 a month, Eli Lilly said\u2013the same as the starting dose of Novo Nordisk\u2019s GLP-1 pill.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">Write to Nicholas G. Miller at <a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/sectors\/healthcare\/articles\/mailto:nicholas.miller@wsj.com\" data-ylk=\"slk:nicholas.miller@wsj.com;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;nicholas.miller@wsj.com&quot;}\" class=\"link \" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">nicholas.miller@wsj.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eli Lilly\u2019s Foundayo weight-loss pill is now available in the U.S. following the Food and Drug Administration\u2019s approval&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":385091,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[8829,11770,163,85,46,482],"class_list":{"0":"post-385090","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-medication","8":"tag-eli-lilly","9":"tag-food-and-drug-administration","10":"tag-health","11":"tag-il","12":"tag-israel","13":"tag-medication"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=385090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385090\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/385091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}