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California to begin selling affordable state-branded insulin beginning next year

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by toomuchtodo

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by jerlam

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I want to know the economics of this, especially since California is partnering with the actual company that's building and running the factories. Is this insulin expected to sell at a profit? Break-even? Or is California just spending its own money to get the price point down?

by dragonwriter

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The biosimiliar insulin initiative is a very big deal, but for context it is not CalRx's first effort to reach public availability. That was the Naloxone Initiative, which made OTC naloxone (generic for Narcan), which hit the market last year at about 40% below the pre-existing market price, and has dropped further since.

by h4kunamata

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