TheStreet. Telemedicine company GoodRx (GDRX) has been helping Americans find the cheapest way to buy drugs for years. Thanks to a new partnership with pharma giant Novo Nordisk (NVO) , the creator of Ozempic and Wegovy,

(CNN) - Patients in the United States can now get the popular diabetes and weight loss drug Ozempic for half the price. Novo Nordisk, the maker of the GLP-1 drug Ozempic, announced Monday that U.S. patients can now get a month’s supply for just under $500. It typically carries a list price of around $1,000 a month.

Shares of Novo Nordisk ( NVO 4.81%), the Danish pharmaceuticals company famed for Ozempic and Wegovy weight loss drugs, jumped 5% through 9:55 a.m. ET Monday on a series of positive announcements for its GLP-1 products.

The maker of Ozempic is cutting the price of the drug nearly in half for some patients. Novo Nordisk had already cut the price of Wegovy, a medication with the same active ingredient that's approved for weight loss.

A woman who said she got 'Ozempic vulva' explained what getting the side effect of rapid weight loss was really like. The number of people taking drugs for weight loss has absolutely boomed in recent years, and while Ozempic is the one everyone knows, it's not actually what you could be prescribed to lose weight.

Denmark’s Novo Nordisk scored a significant regulatory win for GLP-1drug Wegovy (semaglutide), as the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an additional indication for the drug.