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Economy
Walmart says it will offer less expensive version of insulin at $73 per vial - up to 75% cheaper than other products on the market
2021-06-30
[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News]
  • Walmart's new insulin brand - in stores this week - costs $73 per vial or $86 for a pack of prefilled pens

  • That means savings up to $101 per vial or $251 per pack of pens, making the new brand 75% less expensive

  • The new brand will make insulin accessible to millions of Americans with diabetes - who pay an average of $5,700 per year for the drug

  • ReliOn NovoLog insulin is manufactured by Novo Nordisk

  • But insulin is still more expensive in the U.S., which has 34 million diabetes patients, than in other countries
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Posted by:Skidmark

#8  nova nordisk makes its insulin in Clayton, North Carolina
Posted by: Lord Garth   2021-06-30 11:51  

#7  If it's made in China, I wouldn't trust it.
Posted by: Woozle Theamble4130   2021-06-30 11:18  

#6  The conspiracy theorist in me says "I wonder if it's just insulin in the shots?"
Posted by: Warthog   2021-06-30 09:27  

#5  Walmart is doing this via private label which is legal. The product is made by Novo Nordisk.
Posted by: Lord Garth   2021-06-30 09:21  

#4  This after the Biden junta stopped Trump's plan for Medicare part D to to charge a max of $35/month (vs about $300 for a vial).

BTW, when Humalog was introduced in in 1996, it cost $21/vial. With mass production efficiencies, one would think it would cost even less, inflation adjusted.
Posted by: Glomose Prince of the Veal Cutlets9638   2021-06-30 07:54  

#3  /\ How 'bout raising prices of junk food instead? And no motorized 'mart carts'?

Free 'big gulp' Mountain Dew's and oxygen bottles for all 'mart cart' operators.
Posted by: Besoeker   2021-06-30 07:42  

#2  How 'bout raising prices of junk food instead? And no motorized 'mart carts'?
Posted by: Dron66046   2021-06-30 06:02  

#1  Got em comin' and goin'.
Sell em sugar H2O and junk, then hook em on insulin when they get Type II diabetes
Posted by: Hupaise Thetch6007   2021-06-30 05:56  

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