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Pharmaceutical manufacturer Eli Lilly said Tuesday that it will limit the out-of-pocket cost of insulin to $35 per month to offset financial hardships due to the coronavirus pandemic. The co-pay cap will cover the majority of the company’s insulin, including the Humalog injection, and is open to the uninsured as well as commercially insured people, […]
For many children with type 1 diabetes, a diagnosis only comes after they find themselves hospitalized in life-threatening diabetic ketoacidosis. Researchers in Virginia hope to change that. Scientists at the Center for Public Health Genomics at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville have developed a test that they think may be able to predict the […]
A 25-year relationship between two companies committed to curing type 1 diabetes is being celebrated through Diabetes Awareness Month. In 1994, the Diabetes Research Institute (DRI) teamed up with Biorep Technologies Inc, a Miami-based company that manufactures critical research equipment. The partnership began when Biorep founder Ramon Poo became involved with the DRI after his […]
Like every other kid nowadays, Ava Everson loves her gadgets. But not for their entertainment value. To the eight-year-old Niagara Falls girl, the gadgets she wears and holds can be life-saving technology. Ava has type 1 diabetes, a chronic, dangerous disease that can cause wild swings in blood glucose levels that require constant vigilance for […]
US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor was just seven and a half years of age when diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. During the Opening Plenary Session of the American Academy of Pediatrics in New Orleans, Lousiana, she described her experience with the diagnosis, hospitalization, and the life-changing impact of managing a chronic condition. Justice Sotomayor […]
This is an opinion piece in The Globe & Mail Jan Hux is the president and CEO of Diabetes Canada. Canadians have so much to be proud of in their history, and one part of that proud heritage is that this is the birthplace of insulin – a hormone discovered by Frederick Banting and Charles […]
Windsor, Ontario (CNN)The Democratic primary campaign trail took a detour north of the border Sunday, when Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders led a group of roughly a dozen people with Type I diabetes into Canada to purchase insulin for a fraction of the price they would be charged in the United States. Rising insulin costs have […]
July 18, 2019 — Like many Americans, Lija Greenseid comes home with souvenirs when she visits other countries for work or vacation. Greenseid brings home insulin. Israel, Italy, Germany, Greece, Taiwan and Canada — all countries where she’s bought insulin for her 13-year-old daughter at a fraction of the price in the U.S., even with […]
Around two dozen American diabetics arrived at London’s Banting House this weekend, travelling in an “insulin caravan” for 16 hours to raise awareness about the life-saving hormone’s rising costs south of the border. The Caravan to Canada, planned by the insulin affordability advocacy group T1 International, began its journey in Minneapolis, Minn., on Friday, making […]
Story by Jack Woodfield More than 205,000 people have signed a US petition urging large diabetes organisations to provide more funding towards research to find a cure for type 1 diabetes. The 4th Annual More for a T1D Cure Petition ran for 11 weeks and this year secured nearly double the amount of signatures than […]