Employers Look to Telehealth Firms to Decrease the Costs of Weight-Loss Shots

Telehealth companies Hims & Hers Health Inc., Noom Inc. and Sesame Inc. have lured individual customers with low-cost versions of popular weight-loss shots like Ozempic and Wegovy. Now, they’re going after employers, too, as the medications become an in-demand perk.

After Noom began offering a compounded copy of Wegovy for $149 a month, chief executive officer Geoff Cook said he was “actually a little surprised” by the level of employer interest. “The announcement seemed to…