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Re:Biohackers take aim at big pharma’s stranglehold on insulin by arwineap on Monday June 28, 2021 @02:21PM (#27665564)
That's context I've never gotten before. Obviously there's a nice convenience benefit built into this product that a company has created, they should get to charge some markup for that.

I wonder how different the production costs are though, my understanding is the costs to consumer are greater than 10x

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Re:Biohackers take aim at big pharma’s stranglehold on insulin by pimeys on Monday June 28, 2021 @02:48PM (#27665990)
The difference with the old insulin vs. the analogs is that with the old ones it's really easy to lose a toe, leg, kidney or get blind. With the new analogs it's possible to control your glucose levels so that you can stay healthy and get old.

Source: a T1 diabetic, used all possible insulins in my life. Very happy in Europe.

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