Revisiting insulin, as relevant (and expensive) as ever
We're re-releasing and updating a story we first reported in 2019, about how insulin got to be so horribly expensive—the scientists who discovered it did NOT want price or profits to keep it away from people who need it—and what some people are doing about it, today.
The story seems especially relevant right now, for two reasons:
the COVID vaccine process has reminded all of us how vital it is to BOTH get breakthroughs in the lab AND to make sure everyone can afford to benefit from them.
The second half of the episode—about ways that folks who need insulin are taking action on their own…
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