Lark Health, a US-based provider of weight management and cardiometabolic care for employers and health plans, announced on Friday that it has named Darren Eckberg as its new chief growth officer.

In the new role, Eckberg is to head the company's national expansion of its AI-guided, GLP-1 cost containment technology.

Eckberg has more than 20 years of experience working at PBMs and healthcare organisations, having served in executive roles at IngenioRx/Anthem, EnvisionRx/Rite Aid, Prime Therapeutics and Express Scripts.

CEO and co-founder, Julia Hu, said, 'We are so proud to have an executive of Darren's calibre help us drive towards our mission, which is to provide infinitely scalable, compassionate care to anyone in need. GLP-1s are an incredible tool in this toolbox, but it has to be affordable and targeted to the right populations who need the help most. As a tech and AI-centric company, we are proud that our technology is being used to bend the drug cost utilisation curve at scale.'