Insulin: why the price of a 100-year-old drug has tripled in a decade

Insulin prices have skyrocketed to the point where many people with diabetes live in insulin poverty, with one in four rationing their insulin and an even larger proportion trading off other life necessities (food, rent, clothing) to afford their insulin supply. The rise in insulin prices has nothing to do with recouping R&D costs (the majority of which are funded by government agencies, in any event):
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