Buying insulin while in Canada

[Chris]

Welcome to our community @Mary66. While not sure that passing a law is in the cards with the current Congress, we have had many discussions about this on our board. A few you might find enlightening are linked below:

Relief for rising insulin prices on the horizon?

https://www.biocentury.com/bc-extra/politics-policy/2018-12-11/fda-biosimilars-policies-will-bring-interchangeable-insulin- Cut & paste here if you’re too lazy to click (bold added by me for emphasis): New FDA policies will lead to approvals of interchangeable insulin products that can be automatically substituted for branded insulin, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said Tuesday. Gottlieb made the prediction in a statement about new guidance documents that outline how FDA will implement a law…

Minnesota AG sues insulin makers for deceptive price raising

Business Insider has published several well researched articles on insulin pricing. Here is their take on the lawsuits by the Minnesota AG against Novo Nordisk, Sanofi and Eli Lilly. https://www.businessinsider.com/r-minnesota-accuses-insulin-makers-of-deceptive-drug-pricing-2018-10? The lawsuit alleged that companies fraudulently set artificially high list price for their products while offering rebates to pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) in exchange for them covering the drug on behalf of …

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