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The House is preparing to vote on a $35 monthly insulin cap later, but there is stern opposition to the plan, which could cost billions over ten years. With the money it costs us, the Government could encourage a private company to build a manufacturing facility for insulin while offering tax incentives. Los Angeles Times.
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Gavin Newsom announced a $100 million budget to create a production facility and to develop affordable insulin products, saying the medicines’ high cost “epitomizes market failures.”
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The FDA’s decision to turn back the drugmaker’s new insulin product narrows Novo’s lead in the U.S. over Eli Lilly, which has a similar diabetes treatment in late-stage testing.
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The state filed suit Thursday against pharmacy benefit managers CVS Caremark, Express Scripts and OptumRx, alleging they worked with drugmakers to drive up the price of insulin.
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