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Re:Biohackers take aim at big pharma’s stranglehold on insulin by armatav on Monday June 28, 2021 @01:57PM (#27665198)
The insulin price is that high through political/regulatory capture. It costs barely anything to make.

Not every problem has it’s root in division.

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Re:Biohackers take aim at big pharma’s stranglehold on insulin by throwaway0a5e on Monday June 28, 2021 @01:59PM (#27665220)
You're not wrong but the fact that the problem is allowed to persist certainly something to do with "people with enough spare f*ks to give to be politically active" being mostly unaffected by the problem.

IMO it's more helpful to look at this through an economic lenses than a race one. T2 diabetes is very much a poor person's disease.

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