Amazon to stock Lilly's new weight-loss pill at US kiosks, offer same-day delivery

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/amazon-stock-lillys-new-weight-loss-pill-us-kiosks-offer-same-day-delivery-2026-04-09/ NEW YORK, April 9 (Reuters) - Amazon.com (AMZN.O), opens new tab said on Thursday its pharmacy unit will stock Eli Lilly's (LLY.N), opens new tab new weight-loss pill at kiosks located at ​some of the company's primary care clinics and offer same-day delivery of the drug. Amazon ‌Pharmacy began delivering GLP-1 medications in 2021, but does not stock injectable versions of the drugs in kiosks because they need to be refrigerated No need for cold storage is "what allows for broader access and for them to be ​stored safely in a kiosk for dispensing," Tanvi Patel, a vice president at Amazon Pharmacy, ​said of the pills. About half of customers in the U.S. have access to ⁠same-day delivery, and the company aims to expand that, Patel said. All customers receive their medications ​within four days. Amazon Pharmacy fulfills prescriptions made through Eli Lilly's direct-to-consumer pharmacy platform LillyDirect and has been ​stocking Novo Nordisk's (NOVOb.CO), opens new tab Wegovy pill at its kiosks since January. Patel said Amazon benefits from being Lilly's dispensing pharmacy because of the Indianapolis-based drugmaker's early direct-to-consumer focus. Lilly said last week it would begin selling its newly approved Foundayo weight-loss pill directly ​to cash-pay customers through LillyDirect at $149 per month for the lowest dose. Customers can also access Amazon's ​same-day delivery through Lilly's prescribing partners, such as WeightWatchers (WW.O), opens new tab, said Patel. Novo's rival Wegovy pill, which began selling in January, ‌is ⁠currently stocked in five kiosks in California, where customers can pick up the drugs at Amazon's One Medical locations following a medical appointment.