Column: Soaring insulin prices reveal clout, greed of health-care middlemen

Politicians for years have been making a show of wringing their hands over sky-high prescription drug prices. And no drug has drawn more scrutiny, or calls for action, than insulin. Insulin was discovered 100 years ago by a trio of Canadian scientists. They sold the patent to the University of Toronto for a mere $1. The patent was made available royalty-free to drug companies to foster widespread use of the life-saving hormone. Drug companies, in turn, did what they do best: They cashed in.

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2021-11-30 21:53:17