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Re:Over-Regulation Is Doubling the Cost by Peter Reinhardt by mexicocitinluez on Friday November 21, 2025 @08:56AM (#46004656)
> The problem in USA is that producing insuline is so regulated that setting up and maintaining production is obnoxiously expensive.

This has absolutely nothing to do with insulin costs. Nada. Zip. Nil.

> As noone will want to produce insuline if required paperwork costs more than it's selling price.

Where are you getting this information from? I've been in the industry for a bit now and this is a first for me. That the reason why insulin is so expensive in the US is because it costs money to make????

Re:Over-Regulation Is Doubling the Cost by Peter Reinhardt by 0xDEAFBEAD on Friday November 21, 2025 @02:30PM (#46008016)
>This has absolutely nothing to do with insulin costs. Nada. Zip. Nil.

Why do you think there are so few insulin producers then?

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/07/15/4229352...

Re:Over-Regulation Is Doubling the Cost by Peter Reinhardt by mrguyorama on Friday November 21, 2025 @03:06PM (#46008370)
How many insulin producers are there in europe?
Re:Over-Regulation Is Doubling the Cost by Peter Reinhardt by rusk on Saturday November 22, 2025 @04:29AM (#46013422)
Because it’s such a basic commodity with very little differentiation so profitability can only be achieved at scale.
Re:Over-Regulation Is Doubling the Cost by Peter Reinhardt by mexicocitinluez on Saturday November 22, 2025 @05:48AM (#46013752)
You're sharing a 10 year old article to back up your claims?

And the answer is because it's a monopoly that the govt refuses to regulate.