And it had already doubled in price since I got T1 in 2004. Ridiculous.pic.twitter.com/2rhXKnDBlz
Humalog insulin was $21/vial in 1996 when I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at 14. In 2020, the same unchanged insulin is priced at $275/vial. I die in 48-72 hours without it.https://twitter.com/msinsulindpndnt/status/1314609800127410176 …
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Almost like the price skyrocketed after the "affordable care act"
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The people who discovered insulin (Frederick Banting, John Macleod and a team alongside them) got a nobel price and gave the patent away for free because they didn't wanted a life saving drug to be sold at exorbitant price.
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The patent for insulin was sold for a dollar. It derived from animals and injected with a very basic needle and syringe. Low cost. Now, its manufactured using bacteria in which a copy of the gene for human insulin & modified chemically that work faster or last longer. High cost.
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Just to point out how crazy that is, canine insulin is 30 euros a vial in France. Chemistry not that different as far as I know.
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this is in a word. VILE!
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Subscription to life... peak cruelty
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If you made minimum wage in 1996 it would have taken you 4 hours to pay that off, in 2020 if you make minimum wage it would take you 38 hours to pay that off
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Wow, I had no idea. That's a great piece of context... I genuinely don't understand (as an outsider) why people are so wedded to the current US system.
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