Robert ReichAverage list price for a unit of insulin:
Australia: $6.94
UK: $7.52
France: $9.08
Germany: $11
Canada: $12
Japan: $14.40
US: $98.70
Isn't it time America hold Big Pharma accountable for its extortion?
equivocalBob@rbreich While I expect that the costs you listed are relatively correct, based on my personal experience, I doubt that the cost of a "unit" of insulin is $98.70. Could you have meant cost of a vial of insulin?
The TLDR: 1 unit of insulin is a typically a REALLY small amount of fluid. No one sells 1 unit of insulin.
My U100 insulin comes in 10 milliliter vials. U100 means there are 100 units of insulin in each 1 milliliter. So my vials of insulin contain 10*100 = 1,000 units of insulin.
The TLDR: 1 unit of insulin is a typically a REALLY small amount of fluid. No one sells 1 unit of insulin.
My U100 insulin comes in 10 milliliter vials. U100 means there are 100 units of insulin in each 1 milliliter. So my vials of insulin contain 10*100 = 1,000 units of insulin.
BC Boggs@equivocalBob @rbreich Yeah....those prices aren't per unit of insulin, at least as the word 'unit' is used in insulin dosing (1 unit = 0.01mL).
0.01mL of insulin is not anywhere near $12 in Canada. I can get a 10mL vial humalog/lispro for ~$40.00 making it $0.04 cents per unit of Humalog/lispro insulin.
It must be the more general definition of unit (aka vial) but even then i find it confusing...can't imagine where the $12 figure in Canada comes from...unless these are prices for the bioequivalent insulin vials coming on the market?
Ulrike@brittlelife @equivocalBob @rbreich
Per vial is correct. Jan 2022.
https://www.rand.org/blog/rand-review/2021/01/the-astronomical-price-of-insulin-hurts-american-families.html
Per vial is correct. Jan 2022.
https://www.rand.org/blog/rand-review/2021/01/the-astronomical-price-of-insulin-hurts-american-families.html
The Astronomical Price of Insulin Hurts American Families
More than 30 million Americans have diabetes, and nearly a quarter of them use insulin to manage their symptoms and prevent life-threatening complications. The price they have to pay for insulin is more than ten times higher than the average prices in 32 other countries combined.
@ulidig @equivocalBob @rbreich
Ahhh. and the average price "across all insulins". Interesting way to compare markets.
Will read the full study more carefully after I have a coffee. Thanks for the link.
Ahhh. and the average price "across all insulins". Interesting way to compare markets.
Will read the full study more carefully after I have a coffee. Thanks for the link.