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by ip26 1606 days ago
These threads always talk out both sides of their mouths. First people say, insulin was invented 100 years ago and the patent was gifted away to help patients, so it should be free. Then people say, it is stupid to use anything but the most modern formulations, because they are way better than the old ones.

I have no love for pharma price gouging, but if insulin was free, everybody would be stuck on the 1921 formulation.