Why Only 3 Companies Make America's Insulin

In this detailed exploration of the pharmaceutical industry, Patrick Kelly examines how three major companies dominate the global insulin market through complex systems of drug pricing and prescription drugs. The video investigates how type 1 diabetes treatment has evolved over the past century, while analyzing how big pharma's influence shapes modern healthcare. This comprehensive breakdown provides essential health information for understanding the complex market dynamics of insulin production and distribution.

☠️NONE OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS VIDEO SHOULD BE USED AS MEDICAL ADVICE OR OPINION. IT IS FOR GENERAL EDUCATION AND ENTERTAINMENT☠️

Thank you to Dr. Christopher Rutty and Sanofi Pasteur Archives (formerly Connaught). For a collection of primary sources and some insightful commentary, check out: https://definingmomentscanada.ca/insu... and https://collections.library.utoronto....

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An annotated version of the script can be found on Patreon:   / 116860134  
The Drug Hunters (affiliate link) https://amzn.to/3SCfoDP
The Discovery of Insulin by Michae Bliss (affiliate link) https://amzn.to/3C4kl2K
Insulin: The Crooked Timber (affiliate link) https://amzn.to/4e06tns
Novo Nordisk by Kurt Jacobsen (2023)
Insulin insulated: barriers to competition and affordability in the United States insulin market (2020) https://academic.oup.com/jlb/article/...
Manufacturing Pharmaceuticals: Eli Lilly and Company, 1876-1948 (1989) https://www.jstor.org/stable/23702883
Eli Lilly and Company, the University of Toronto, and the Development of Insulin https://www.in.gov/history/files/Kurt...
“Couldn’t Live Without It”: Diabetes, the Costs of Innovation and the Price of Insulin in Canada, 1922-1984 (2008) https://utppublishing.com/doi/pdf/10....
It works! Now what? https://definingmomentscanada.ca/insu...
History of Connaught https://definingmomentscanada.ca/insu...
Patent Protection https://definingmomentscanada.ca/insu...
The Discovery Goes Public https://definingmomentscanada.ca/insu... Novo Nordisk https://definingmomentscanada.ca/insu...
Chapter 3: The Making of Insulin https://connaught.research.utoronto.c...
The discovery of insulin revisited: lessons for the modern era (2021) https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles...
The insulin market reaches 100 (2022) https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles...
Isoelectric Precipitation https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/...
Insulin Development and Commercialization via ACS (2023) https://www.acs.org/education/whatisc...
How pharmaceuticals became patentable: the production and appropriation of drugs in the twentieth century (2008) https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/...
Our heritage (Novo Nordisk) https://www.novonordisk-us.com/about/...

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⌛T I M E S T A M P S ⌛
0:00 intro
0:53 The First Year of Insulin
12:39 Lilly Gets Some Competition
16:35 The Origins of Novo Nordisk
20:45 60 Years of Insulin Improvements (1923-1980)

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