Research: buying insulin out of pocket without insurance

Sourcing long-acting (basal) analog insulin in Canada for the US

We evaluated pricing through online orders in a Canadian pharmacy (Mark’s Marine Pharmacy) for the same long-acting (basal) analog insulins we had evaluated int he US. The tabulated results follow, in US dollars, excluding shipping costs (typically less than US$25 per package):

The most cost-effective basal insulin out of Canada, as in the US, is Basaglar, but the cost, excluding shipping, is half that in the US.

(to be continued)

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