Certain brands of insulin have been periodically in shortage since late 2023. The shortages caught the attention of patient advocates and members of Congress who have demanded answers from the ...

Some diabetes patients this year have had trouble finding their preferred insulin brands as major drug manufacturers reported shortages of the medicine. USA TODAY set out to find out what patients ...

Whether you're managing Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes, Canadian Insulin offers a wide selection of brand-name insulin products like Lantus, Humalog, and Novolog, ...

Eli Lilly & Co.’s announcement that it is slashing prices for its major insulin products could make life easier for some diabetes patients while easing pressure on Big Pharma. It also casts ...

For Humalog, the company’s best-selling insulin brand (and the one Thompson-Lerberg uses), that amounts to a 70% price cut in list price. “This news from Eli Lilly will be life-changing for ...

In 1996, when the pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly debuted its Humalog brand of insulin, a fast-acting type of insulin, a vial cost $21. “Now it costs more than 10 times that,” said Kasia Lipska, an ...

Insulin is displayed at Pucci's Pharmacy in Sacramento, Calif., on Friday, July 8, 2022. Hoping to reduce the rising cost of insulin, California plans to make its own insulin brand.The state ...

Michigan mulls state-owned insulin brand aimed at slashing drug costs Detroit, nearby counties sue insulin makers, alleging price fixing Weight-loss drugs shed pounds, but put weight on insurers ...

Novolog (the brand name for insulin aspart) lasts 3 to 5 hours. Novolog is a rapid-acting insulin. It begins working in as little as 10 minutes and reaches peak effectiveness in 40 to 50 minutes.

A vial of insulin cost $25 in 1995, ... who has been calling for the state to launch its own brand of generic drugs to lower the overall price of medication.