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The inventor of insulin sold the patent in 1923 to the University of Toronto for one dollar so that nobody could take advantage of people in the way that's curr
by fallingfrog 4y ago
The inventor of insulin sold the patent in 1923 to the University of Toronto for one dollar so that nobody could take advantage of people in the way that's currently being done.
This is 100 year old technology. It has nothing to do with development cost.
https://www.vox.com/2019/4/3/18293950/why-is-insulin-so-expensive https://www.vox.com/2019/4/3/18293950/why-is-insulin-so-expe...
- coredog64 4y agoThere’s not a single word in that entire article that calls out that modern insulin products are not the same animal-derived insulin that was isolated 100 years ago.