{"id":259393,"date":"2025-10-29T20:32:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T20:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/259393\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T20:32:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T20:32:12","slug":"walmart-eli-lilly-to-offer-pickup-for-zepbound-with-d2c-pricing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/259393\/","title":{"rendered":"Walmart, Eli Lilly to Offer Pickup for Zepbound With D2C Pricing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Consumers will soon be able to pick up single-dose vials of the weight loss drug <a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/zepbound.lilly.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Zepbound<\/a> at <a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.walmart.com\/cp\/pharmacy\/5431\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Walmart<\/a> pharmacies and pay the same price they would pay through the manufacturer\u2019s direct-to-consumer online platform, <a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lilly.com\/lillydirect\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">LillyDirect<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The offering is made available through a collaboration between medicine company <a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lilly.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Eli Lilly and Company<\/a> and Walmart, the companies said in a Wednesday (Oct. 29) <a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/corporate.walmart.com\/news\/2025\/10\/29\/lillydirect-and-walmart-pharmacy-launch-first-retail-pick-up-option-with-direct-to-consumer-pricing-for-zepbound\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It will be available at Walmart pharmacies across the United States by mid-November, allowing users of LillyDirect to select a local pickup option during the checkout process, according to the release.<\/p>\n<p>The in-store pickup option at Walmart pharmacies offers single-dose vials of Zepbound at LillyDirect\u2019s self-pay pricing, or direct-to-consumer pricing, per the release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLife is busy, and this will help people discover new, easy ways to get their medication,\u201d <a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/kevin-host-pharmd-1412453\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Kevin Host<\/a>, senior vice president of pharmacy at Walmart, said in the release.<\/p>\n<p>This is LillyDirect\u2019s first retail collaboration and its first time offering Zepbound at self-pay pricing at a retail pharmacy location, according to the release.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">Advertisement: Scroll to Continue<\/p>\n<p>The pickup option at Walmart will give customers additional choice and convenience in how they get their medication, per the release.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jennifermazur\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Jennifer Mazur<\/a>, senior vice president and general manager of LillyDirect, said in the release that the collaboration aims to streamline access to this prescription medication and reduce challenges people face in managing a chronic disease like obesity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy combining LillyDirect\u2019s innovative, patient-centered platform with Walmart\u2019s nationwide pharmacy footprint, we\u2019re expanding options for patients facing access challenges, making it easier to start and stay on authentic Lilly medicine,\u201d Mazur said.<\/p>\n<p>Walmart has nearly 4,600 pharmacies nationwide, according to the release.<\/p>\n<p>Eli Lilly launched LillyDirect in January 2024, describing it as a <a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/healthcare\/2024\/eli-lilly-debuts-digital-healthcare-platform-for-chronic-illness-patients\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">digital healthcare platform<\/a> for obesity, migraine and diabetes patients. The company said the platform offers access to independent healthcare providers and direct home delivery of certain Lilly medicines via third-party pharmacy dispensing services.<\/p>\n<p>The PYMNTS Intelligence report \u201c<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/study\/the-digital-platform-promise-online-healthcare-doctor-appointment-prescriptions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The Digital Platform Promise: What Baby Boomers and Seniors Want From Digital Healthcare Platforms<\/a>\u201d found that there is a shift toward consolidated <a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/healthcare\/2024\/unified-digital-platforms-surge-boomers-embrace-streamlined-integrated-healthcare-solutions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">online healthcare<\/a> portals that streamline processes and foster proactive healthcare management.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Consumers will soon be able to pick up single-dose vials of the weight loss drug Zepbound at Walmart&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":259394,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[48123,97,252,253,140068,3,3300,7600,4369,3301,93050],"class_list":{"0":"post-259393","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health-care","8":"tag-eli-lilly","9":"tag-health","10":"tag-health-care","11":"tag-healthcare","12":"tag-lillydirect","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-pymnts-news","15":"tag-retail","16":"tag-walmart","17":"tag-whats-hot","18":"tag-zepbound"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259393\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}