DOWNEY, Calif.—The state of California and a generic drug manufacturer announced a 10-year partnership Saturday to produce affordable, state-branded insulin that they hope will rival longtime producers and push down prices for a medication used by millions of Americans. The product is not expected on store shelves until at least next year, and it was […]
Eli Lilly and Co. announced on Wednesday that prices for the company’s most commonly prescribed insulins will be reduced by up to 70 percent later this year, a move praised by President Joe Biden, who urged other drugmakers to follow. In a statement published on Mar. 1, the largest U.S. manufacturer of insulin said that […]
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has launched an investigation into drug manufacturers, wholesalers, and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) over potential legal violations related to inflated costs of insulin, a life-saving drug relied upon by millions of diabetics. Insulin prices are exponentially higher in the United States than in other developed countries, but over the last […]
A former nurse in North Carolina has been charged with murder after allegedly giving lethal doses of insulin to three patients, killing two of them, officials announced on Tuesday. Johnathan Howard Hayes, 47, who worked at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, has been charged with two counts of murder […]
LONDON—A hospital neonatal nurse in Britain accused of killing seven babies and trying to kill 10 others poisoned two infants deliberately with insulin, a British prosecutor said Monday. Lucy Letby, 32, has been charged with murder in the deaths of five baby boys and two girls, and the attempted murder of five boys and five […]
California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on Thursday that the state will develop its own “low-cost” insulin—an essential hormone that many rely on to treat their diabetes—making the state the first in the country to pursue such an effort. In a video shared on Twitter, he said that “people should not go into debt to receive life-saving […]
Chief Deputy Whip of the House Democratic Caucus Dan Kildee joined Congresswomen Angie Craig and Lucy McBath to rally support for their bill to reduce the cost of insulin. The Affordable Insulin Now Act, headed for a vote Thursday, would cap insulin costs for diabetes patients to $35 per month.
In a bid to ease the burden of rising gas prices, President Joe Biden announced the biggest ever release of U.S. emergency oil reserves. What will the long-term impacts be and will it lower gas costs in the near future? The top U.S. trade negotiator is saying to turn the page on the old playbook, as […]
