Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Nov 2019
The U.S. insulin crisis — rationing a lifesaving medication discovered in the 1920s
7 November 2019 - The members of the team that discovered insulin sold the patent to the University of Toronto for $1 each because they felt that the drug belonged to the public.
Nearly 100 years later, insulin is inaccessible to thousands of Americans because of its high cost.
