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The Fight to Save Levemir: Inside the Grassroots Push to Protect Insulin Choice
In 2024 Novo Nordisk announced it would discontinue Levimir insulin.. leaving many people scrambling and kind of stunned. There's no other insulin on the market quite like this long-acting – and it turns out the community wasn't letting it go without a fight.
My guests are going to tell you more about why. I'm taking to Alison Smart, founder of The Alliance to Protect Insulin Choice – her daughter lives with type 1 as well as two doctors: Florence Brown and Amy Valent. Dr. Brown is Co-Director Joslin and BIDMC Diabetes in Pregnancy Program, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical…
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