So, we are doing the research to make a protocol for the production of insulin. While the drug is off patent, it requires scientific research to create a protoc

So, we are doing the research to make a protocol for the production of insulin. While the drug is off patent, it requires scientific research to create a protocol to correctly express, fold and purify a biologic drug like insulin. Just expressing pro-insulin from e-coli is not enough to create a usable drug. Here is an article explaining the generic market for insulin: http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMms1411398 http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMms1411398 And here is an explanation of the difficulties of creating insulin written by our scientific adviser: http://blog.indysci.org/insulin-is-hard-but-not-impossible/ http://blog.indysci.org/insulin-is-hard-but-not-impossible/