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action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /home4/scienrds/scienceandnerds/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6114Source: https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/7\/8\/23200404\/california-insulin-drug-prices-governor-newsom<\/a> Insulin prices are so high that California has decided to make its own, California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Thursday. $100 million of the state\u2019s budget will be put into the effort, which seeks to make the lifesaving drug more affordable after years of skyrocketing prices. <\/p>\n \u201cNothing epitomizes market failures more than the cost of insulin,\u201d Newsom said in a brief statement posted online, noting that patients can pay $300\u2013$500 a month for the drug. <\/p>\n California is going to make its own insulin.<\/p>\n It\u2019s simple. People should not go into debt to get life-saving medication. pic.twitter.com\/yB4mpGjtQO<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) July 7, 2022<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n Insulin is a hormone produced in the body that helps people regulate something called glucose, or blood sugar, which is an important byproduct of the food you eat. People who can\u2019t produce enough insulin, or can\u2019t process insulin, have a condition called diabetes. They need to take additional insulin to help their bodies process food. <\/p>\n Theoretically, that should be a pretty simple treatment. After all, people have been able to manufacture insulin since the 1920s. But thanks to a mire of patents<\/a> \u2014 among other issues \u2014 prices of insulin have recently risen to \u201cabsurdly high\u201d levels<\/a>, causing an estimated one in every four people with diabetes to ration their insulin doses, according to one study from 2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n It\u2019s against this backdrop that Newsom announced plans for CalRx in 2020. CalRx is a program to create generic drugs (including insulin) and sell them to Californians at lower costs either by partnering with manufacturers or creating their own. But the program has been slow to roll out<\/a> \u2014 the insulin push, which Kaiser Health News <\/em>reported on i<\/a>n June<\/a>, may kickstart the effort. <\/p>\n Other groups have also tried to combat insulin\u2019s high prices. In Colorado, insulin prices are now capped at $100 thanks to a 2019 law<\/a>, and many other states<\/a> have similar caps on the books or in the works. A federal effort to cap insulin prices<\/a> is also underway. In May, the nonprofit Civica Rx announced it was working on a project to manufacture insulin and sell it for no more than $30 a vial<\/a>. The group hopes to make insulin available as early as 2024 if it can get approval from the Food and Drug Administration. Civica Rx has had discussions with California and other states about their insulin efforts, KHN<\/em> reported. <\/p>\n California has not announced when its insulin would be available or precisely how much it will cost. A tweet<\/a> from the governor\u2019s office noted that many Americans pay $300\u2013$500 a month for the drug and said, \u201cWith CA\u2019s insulin, that cost would – at a minimum – be cut in HALF.\u201d<\/p>\n
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