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[–] TheJesusaurus@sh.itjust.works 14 points 23 hours ago

It was sold to a Canadian public university to manage the patent for public good.

They have, everywhere else in the world basically, insulin costs pennies.

In America, they have been able to patent certain formulations and delivery methods, and they keep making marginal modifications to string the patents out to keep Americans locked in to absurd insulin prices.

Was that the answer you thought it was going to be?