(Reuters) -Telehealth firms Teladoc and LifeMD said on Thursday they had signed an agreement with Gifthealth, the pharmacy partner of Eli Lilly's direct-to-consumer site, LillyDirect, to offer patients the weight-loss drug,

Eli Lilly partnered up with telehealth providers LifeMD and Teladoc Health to offer its lower cost, single-vial Zepbound (tirzepatide) to patients in the virtual c | The move could be a boon for telehealth weight loss programs,

The partnership comes as telehealth companies grapple with restrictions on the sale of some compounded GLP-1s.

Telehealth firms Teladoc Health and LifeMD said on Thursday they have signed an agreement with Eli Lilly's direct-to-consumer website LillyDirect pharmacy partner, Gifthealth, to offer patients the weight-loss drug,

Healthcare services companies LifeMD (NASDAQ:LFMD) and Teladoc Health (NYSE:TDOC) announced partnerships with Eli Lilly's (NYSE:LLY) direct-to-consumer platform, LillyDirect's pharmacy provider, Gifthealth for Zepbound.