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What a price break on insulin means for health care costs

Craig Cohen

Posted on March 7, 2023 · Eli Lilly is reducing prices and capping costs on insulin. Could it be the start of a trend lowering some drug prices?

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Houston Matters

Cost of prescription drugs (March 7, 2023)

Michael Hagerty

Posted on March 7, 2023 · On Tuesday's show: Eli Lilly is capping the cost of its insulin. We discuss why and consider how it might affect the prices for other medications.

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A Quest: Insulin-Releasing Implant For Type-1 Diabetes

Joe Palca, NPR

Posted on November 7, 2017 · Clinical trials that transplant insulin-making pancreatic cells into people with diabetes have been underway for several years, with some success

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