- Eli Lilly has introduced the supply of the brand new GLP-1 tablet, Foundayo, by Amazon One Medical kiosks.
- The brand new Amazon providing options same-day prescriptions after talking with a healthcare skilled.
- Foundayo is accessible by Amazon for $149 per 30 days for the bottom dose.
- Amazon One Medical kiosks have been stocking Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy drugs since January.
The Meals and Drug Administration (FDA) lately approved Foundayo, Eli Lilly’s new GLP-1 tablet for weight reduction.
Foundayo is accessible by the LillyDirect program and thru Amazon Pharmacy, which fulfills prescriptions made by LillyDirect.
Now, Amazon One Medical kiosks will supply Foundayo, which permits people to entry their prescriptions on the identical day after talking with a healthcare skilled.
Amazon Pharmacy has provided house supply of GLP-1 medications since 2021, however hasn’t been in a position to inventory them in kiosks as a result of they require refrigeration.
GLP-1 drugs, nevertheless, don’t require chilly storage, permitting for “broader entry and for them to be saved safely in a kiosk for allotting,” Tanvi Patel, a vice chairman at Amazon Pharmacy, mentioned in a press release.
Amazon Pharmacy kiosks have additionally been stocking the Wegovy drugs since January.
Amazon introduced its kiosks related to One Medical areas in 2025.
There are at the moment 5 kiosks out there in California. Amazon famous that the kiosks have been developed to assist scale back obstacles to treatment entry and restrict supply charges.
One Medical is Amazon’s major and pressing care enterprise. Folks can buy a one-year subscription to One Medical for $199 or $99 with Amazon Prime.
These and not using a One Medical membership can nonetheless ebook an appointment and use the kiosks.
Presently, Amazon kiosks are solely out there in sure areas of California. Nonetheless, Hannah McClellan Richards, a vice chairman at Amazon Pharmacy, mentioned in a press release that “the corporate plans to increase the kiosk mannequin exterior of California in 2026 and is in talks with exterior well being techniques to introduce the machines by partnerships.”
People also can entry Amazon’s same-day supply for Foundayo by Lilly’s prescribing companions, resembling WW Worldwide (previously Weight Watchers).
Some folks may additionally have entry to same-day supply immediately by Amazon.
Amazon hopes to increase same-day supply to 4,500 areas by the tip of this 12 months.
WW Worldwide and GoodRx have additionally mentioned they may individually start providing Foundayo at self-pay costs, beginning at $149 per 30 days for the bottom dose.
The Foundayo tablet is the second GLP-1 treatment to be authorized in tablet type.
For folks with industrial insurance coverage, it could value as little as $25 per 30 days. People with Medicare Part D could possibly get Foundayo for $50 a month, starting in July.
“It’s nice to have new instruments added to our toolbox to cope with weight problems,” Zhaoping Li, MD, the chief of the Division of Scientific Vitamin at UCLA Well being and director of the UCLA Heart for Human Vitamin in Los Angeles, advised Healthline in an earlier interview.
The beginning dose for Foundayo is 0.8 milligrams (mg), rising to 2.5 mg after 30 days, after which to five.5 mg after an additional 30 days. The dosage could also be elevated to 9 mg, 14.5 mg, or 17.2 mg after a minimum of 30 days at every stage, primarily based on an individual’s response and tolerance to every dose.
“Preferences range by affected person,” Mir Ali, MD, a bariatric surgeon and the medical director of MemorialCare Surgical Weight Loss Heart at Orange Coast Medical Heart in Fountain Valley, CA, advised Healthine in an earlier interview.
“Some desire weekly injections whereas others desire a [daily] tablet. A major benefit of the tablet is that it doesn’t require refrigeration, making it extra handy for journey,” he mentioned.
In the event you suppose it’s possible you’ll be eligible for Foundayo or one other GLP-1 treatment, ask your physician for extra steering.
