Why is insulin dominated by a few companies globally and if bacteria are used to produce human insulin, why can no other company replicate this?
In: Biology
Just to say: the guys that discovered insulin, Banting and Best, did so while working at the University of Toronto. They thought it was so important, they sold their patent to the University for $1, with the understanding that insulin would not be treated as a cash cow.
didn’t work out that well, but their hearts were in the right place.
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