arctic-hands: sirfrogsworth:After Federick Banting discovered that insulin could be used to treat
arctic-hands: sirfrogsworth: After Federick Banting discovered that insulin could be used to treat diabetes in 1921, he sold the patent to the University of Toronto for about a dollar. Big Pharma decided to dishonor that act of charity and charge an exorbitant amount. But yeah, let’s shame people with addiction instead of the greedy billionaires. Very good and cool! It’s a well known tactic, pit people in the same boat against each other so the yacht can sail away unharmed. -- source link