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Here is an price from an Indian site "Actrapid Insulin, Neutral 40IU x 1mL 10ml Actrapid VIAL 145.00 " http://www.drugsupdate.com/brand/showavailablebrands/830/

Here is an price from an Indian site "Actrapid Insulin, Neutral 40IU x 1mL 10ml Actrapid VIAL 145.00 " http://www.drugsupdate.com/brand/showavailablebrands/830/1 http://www.drugsupdate.com/brand/showavailablebrands/830/1 That is $2.19 according to xe.com and is a branded version made by Novo Nordisk. So if you use 40 units a day, it would be less than $7 a month. Greater regulation, higher wages and higher occupational health and safety standards keep the price higher in the US.

dnautics 11y ago
it's not regulation, occupational health, and safety standards that keep the price higher. Drugs sold in india have just about as good standards as in the US. If it's made by Novo Nordisk, it probably comes out of the same plant that supplies the US supply. Even Indian generics manufacturers get themselves certified by the FDA because they want the lucrative US market.
- melling 11y ago
  Now if we could only convince India to move upmarket and develop new drugs instead of simply making generics. India would be richer and their population of 1.3 billion people would greatly benefit, as would little countries like the United States.