• Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
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    2 days ago

    california has been looking for a low cost insulin for a few years, i think they were moving towards this for a while. the resistance is coming from the trioply that owns the other formulations of insulin.

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      2 days ago

      Quick reminder that insulin was invented when Hitler was still a struggling art student.

      Invented by a Canadian who sold the patent to a Canadian public university for a (Canadian) dollar, because he recognized that this should not be commercialized.

      Insulin is available for pennies almost everywhere in the world because of this decision, but not in the USA

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        18 hours ago

        the original version, but elly lily, novo nordisk, and sanofi made the other variations which was more effective and potent(depending on the person), they just prevented any other person from making a cheap or generic version through lawsuits originally.