Discerning Hope from Hype Related to Novo Nordisk Glucose-Responsive Insulin
Below is a copy of an investor report (seeHERE) on Novo Nordisk from the Wall Street investment bank known as Credit Suisse (the New York-based research business of the Swiss banking giant which mainly serves billionaire clients was formerly known as First Boston). I will discern my take-aways as it pertains to the few notes about Novo Nordisk ' s much-hyped (by the company itself) glucose-responsive insulin. There is some progress, but it is by no means a done deal.Novo Nordisk AS Feedback from London Post 3Q 2021 Management Meeting on ScribdOn November 4, 2021, Credit Suisse attended a London sell-side meeting with Novo ...
Source: Scott's Web Log - January 16, 2022 Category: Endocrinology Tags: Credit Suisse glucose responsive insulin Novo Nordisk Smart Insulin 2021 2022 SmartCells Source Type: blogs
Novo Nordisk Takes a Hit on China Insulin Price Reductions
Last week, stock prices of two global insulin-manufacturers (Novo Nordisk and Lilly, but Novo Nordisk suffered far more than Lilly did) took a hit on news related to their Chinese operations (seehttps://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma-asia/novo-nordisk-sanofi-eli-lilly-cut-insulin-price-china-s-latest-vbp-off-patent-drugs ANDhttps://endpts.com/china-boasts-48-price-cut-on-insulin-as-domestic-drugmakers-eclipse-big-pharma-in-bulk-order/ for more). Inclusion in China ' s National Reimbursement Drugs List requires volume-based procurement (VBP) discounts. Chinese sales have enabled a number of drug companies to pump-up their sale...
Source: Scott's Web Log - December 6, 2021 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: blogs
Why Biosimilar Makers (incl. Insulin) Must Sell 2 Versions of their Copy-Cat Meds in USA
Recall that Adam Fein, who writes the Drug Channels blog, recently documented (seeHERE for details) that Viatris (fka Mylan) and its biotech co-development partner Biocon, recently revealed that in spite of earning the FDA " interchangeable " designation for the insulin biosimilar of Sanofi ' s Lantus for the product Viatris branded Semglee that they would be using prescription drug rebates needed to bribe, errr ... secure PBM formulary placement. They willoffer both a branded and un-branded version ... of a biosimilar. That ' s weird. FiercePharma documented the curious necessity for biosimilar makers to sell two ver...
Source: Scott's Web Log - November 21, 2021 Category: Endocrinology Tags: Biocon coupon-generating websites apps formulary PBM Viatris Walgreens Source Type: blogs
U.S. Patients Need U.S. FTC to Do More to Bring Rx Drug Prices Down to Earth
For a moment, try to answer the following question honestly:When are biosimilar insulins, even those which are designated by the FDA as " interchangable " with the innovator, MORE EXPENSIVE than the originator molecule the biosimilar is supposed to be a copy of? The correct answer is when a person with diabetes lives in the United States. It defies logic!In theory, the biosimilars should be cheaper because the work of developing, conducting clinical trials and whatnot is not the same to make a copy. The biosimilar doesn ' t have to go through the same process of conducting extensive three phases of clinical trial...
Source: Scott's Web Log - September 15, 2021 Category: Endocrinology Tags: Federal Trade Commission FTC PBM rebate reform rebates Source Type: blogs
U.S. Patients Need U.S. FTC to Do More to Bring Rx Drug Prices Down to Earth
For a moment, try to answer the following question honestly:When are biosimilar insulins, even those which are designated by the FDA as " interchangeable " with the innovator, MORE EXPENSIVE than the originator molecule the biosimilar is supposed to be a copy of? The correct answer is when a person with diabetes lives in the United States. It defies logic!In theory, the biosimilars should be cheaper because the work of developing, conducting clinical trials and whatnot is not the same to make a copy. The biosimilar doesn ' t have to go through the same process of conducting extensive three phases of clinical tria...
Source: Scott's Web Log - September 15, 2021 Category: Endocrinology Tags: Biosimilar biosimilars Federal Trade Commission FTC PBM rebate reform rebates Source Type: blogs
Coupons, PBM's ... oh my!
Over the past few years, my coverage of coupon-generating websites/apps has increased by a lot in this blog because those have emerged as a critical way for patients to get prescriptions at lower, PBM-negotiated prices even if they have yet to satisfy an annual insurance deductible or they have no insurance at all. In general, coupon-generating websites/apps offer consumers access to the deeper pharmacy benefits manager ( " PBM " )-negotiated prices on prescription drugs, at prices which are often substantially less than the prices you could otherwise attain as a consumer without the benefit of a commercial healthcare...
Source: Scott's Web Log - September 1, 2021 Category: Endocrinology Tags: CGM CGMS coupon-generating websites apps Dexcom insulin Libre PBM test strips Source Type: blogs
Coupons, PBM's ... oh my!
Over the past few years, my coverage of coupon-generating websites/apps has increased by a lot in this blog because those have emerged as a critical way for patients to get prescriptions at lower, PBM-negotiated prices even if they have yet to satisfy an annual insurance deductible or they have no insurance at all. In general, coupon-generating websites/apps offer consumers access to the deeper pharmacy benefits manager ( " PBM " )-negotiated prices on prescription drugs, at prices which are often substantially less than the prices you could otherwise attain as a consumer without the benefit of a commercial healthcare...
Source: Scott's Web Log - September 1, 2021 Category: Endocrinology Tags: CGM CGMS coupon-generating websites apps Dexcom insulin Libre PBM test strips Source Type: blogs
Making Sense of the Novo Nordisk-Walmart Partnership to Sell Some Discounted Insulin Analogues
On June 29, 2021, Walmart Inc. and the American business unit of Novo Nordisk A/S (which is based just outside of Princeton, New Jersey known as Novo Nordisk Inc.) dropped what was intended to be a news bombshell coming just as the ADA Scientific Sessions was coming to a close. In fact, the insulin makers had hardly any big news coming from the ADA Scientific Sessions themselves this year or for the past several years (about the biggest news was from 2018 when, Novo Nordiskacquired a UK-based company known as Ziylo to use its technology to try and develop glucose-responsive insulin, but that still has a long whil...
Source: Scott's Web Log - July 15, 2021 Category: Endocrinology Tags: Aspart Novo Nordisk Novolog Walmart Source Type: blogs
Making Sense of the Novo Nordisk-Walmart Partnership to Sell Some Discounted Insulin Analogues
On June 29, 2021, Walmart Inc. and the American business unit of Novo Nordisk A/S (which is based just outside of Princeton, New Jersey known as Novo Nordisk Inc.) dropped what was intended to be a news bombshell coming just as the ADA Scientific Sessions was coming to a close. In fact, the insulin makers had hardly any big news coming from the ADA Scientific Sessions themselves this year (in fact, Novo Nordiskacquired a UK-based company known as Ziylo in 2018 to use its technology to try and develop glucose-responsive insulin, but it still has a long while before it is ready for commercialization ... if ever), becaus...
Source: Scott's Web Log - July 15, 2021 Category: Endocrinology Tags: Aspart Novo Nordisk Novolog Walmart Source Type: blogs
How to Navigate Life with a Chronic Disease Like T1D and High-Deductible Insurance Plans
Conclusion:So, this is a method to survive a high-deductible insurance plan without breaking the bank. I have done it, so I know it works. Keep in mind: insurance companies feel entitled to screw patients (you are not their customer, your employer is). Don ' t let them do it to you! (Source: Scott's Web Log)
Source: Scott's Web Log - February 8, 2021 Category: Endocrinology Tags: 2021 high-deductible insurance plans insulin rebates test strips Source Type: blogs
How to Navigate Life with a Chronic Disease Like T1D and High-Deductible Insurance Plans
Conclusion:So, this is a method to survive a high-deductible insurance plan without breaking the bank. I have done it, so I know it works. Keep in mind: insurance companies feel entitled to screw patients (you are not their customer, your employer is). Don ' t let them do it to you! (Source: Scott's Web Log)
Source: Scott's Web Log - February 8, 2021 Category: Endocrinology Tags: 2021 high-deductible insurance plans insulin rebates test strips Source Type: blogs
More Games With U.S. Insulin Prices and Coupons (or why GoodRx works)
This week, I did something unplanned: I bought a vial of Lilly ' s " authorized generic " of its brand-name U-100 insulin analog usually branded as Humalog (insulin lispro rDNA origin) at my neighborhood Walgreens for just $68.38! The reason it was unplanned is because I already met the deductible for my insurance plan, so I hadn ' t expected to deal with this until it resets in January (maybe, I think my new plan covers it without having met the deductible but we ' ll see). But I had a script I last filled before I met the deductible, and the pharmacy sent a text telling me it was time to refill. In reality, I have i...
Source: Scott's Web Log - September 23, 2020 Category: Endocrinology Tags: Admelog Drug Channels drug prices GoodRx Humalog insulin Lilly lispro prescriptions rebates Sanofi Walgreens Source Type: blogs
More Games With U.S. Insulin Prices and Coupons (or why GoodRx works)
This week, I did something unplanned: I bought a vial of Lilly ' s " authorized generic " of its brand-name U-100 insulin analog usually branded as Humalog (insulin lispro rDNA origin) at my neighborhood Walgreens for just $68.38. The reason it was unplanned is because I already met the deductible for my insurance plan, so I hadn ' t expected to deal with this until it resets in January (maybe, I think my new plan covers it without having met the deductible but we ' ll see). But I had a script I last filled before I met the deductible, and the pharmacy sent a text telling me it was time to refill. In reality, I have insuli...
Source: Scott's Web Log - September 23, 2020 Category: Endocrinology Tags: Admelog Drug Channels drug prices GoodRx Humalog insulin Lilly lispro prescriptions rebates Sanofi Walgreens Source Type: blogs
Insulin in the Human Body
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What is insulin?
To do the tasks, the body needs energy and sugar can be considered a good source of energy to be obtained from inside. As a matter of fact, sugar cannot be directly reached to most of your cells. Thus, there are cells emitted from the pancreas, which will release the sugar in the human body which is termed as insulin.
Insulin is a hormone that is secreted by the pancreas that is responsible for the regulation ...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - August 2, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Chandan Singh Tags: health and fitness Source Type: blogs
Human insulin may be a lower-cost option for some people with diabetes
Of the estimated 23 million people in the US who have been diagnosed with diabetes, more than 30% take daily insulin injections to control their blood sugar (glucose) levels. Chances are good that someone you know has been startled by the high cost of this medication.
The high price of insulin
Prices for this essential medication have been rising faster than overall health care costs. From 2002 to 2013 prices tripled, doubling again from 2012 to 2016 and continuing upward since. Patients can be charged hundreds or even thousands of dollars for insulin at the pharmacy. And insulin costs can vary depending on type and amount...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - June 3, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Elizabeth Bashoff, MD Tags: Diabetes Drugs and Supplements Health Source Type: blogs
