By Walt Hickey Have a wonderful weekend! Insulin The price of a vial of Humalog was $35 in 2001. Humalog is Eli Lilly’s star insulin, and insulin is an essential hormone the body needs so as to not die in agony. Naturally, someone at Eli Lilly realized they could shake down diabetics for a fortune, what with their lives on the line, and has since jacked up the price of a vial of Humalog to
The post about the cost of pharmaceuticals in the U.S. hits home for me, and the avarice of the companies producing these meds can be summed up by my mentioning two names: Martin Shkreli (we all know what he did), and Heather Bresch (anyone tried to buy an EpiPen recently?). What they did could never happen anywhere else.
Numlock News: March 29, 2019 • Frogs, Insulin, Sandwiches
The post about the cost of pharmaceuticals in the U.S. hits home for me, and the avarice of the companies producing these meds can be summed up by my mentioning two names: Martin Shkreli (we all know what he did), and Heather Bresch (anyone tried to buy an EpiPen recently?). What they did could never happen anywhere else.