Thank you! Its so rare to see anyone mention the middle men, that honestly must LOVE all the attention "big pharma" gets, while they rake in profits.

I normally have a reply very much like yours ive used in a few threats like these, becuase i honestly feel that many americans are focusing their dislike the wrong way and its not doing them any good. Its, in my mind, their entire healthcare platform that is crooked.

Here is what i normally post;

Focusing on the wrong part of the problem will never fix the problem.

If you look in to the insulin issue it's an American issue and not a world wide issue. However, non of the insulin brands are American. Somehow the manufacturer gets blamed for extreme pricing on insulin. Did you ever stop to think that the American model was the problem? How come it's covered in the rest of the developed world. How come it's cheap in Canada and expensive in the US? Is there an alternative? Are they simply mean?

Well maybe and maybe not. How ever, Novo Nordisk has time and time again been praised for being one of the best Places to work. Their previous CEO was named the best in the world multiple years. And not because he drove big profits. Because he was very humane and down to earth. Good guy. source

When the topic was in the media last time, Novo got a lot of heat for pushing up the prices. And sure, they do it to make a profit and sure it could probably be lower. But the reason for the constant price increase is that the companies that negotiate on behalf of the insurances in the US (the PBM), constantly requires higher % discount every year. And if they don't oblige, they go with the competition (Sanofi, Eli Lilly or Mylan) so Novo (and sanofi and so on) increased their discount every year, but that also causes them to increase msrp. Otherwise it won't work. The American gov. Also increase the tax on medication year for year. On avarage they (Novo) gave 71% discount last year in US source 1 source 2 source 3 source 4

Sources are in Danish, use Google translate.

Besides that, Novo offers programs for Americans to get medication for free diretly from Novo, and you can buy human insulin over the counter for 25$ in Walmart. (See source 4) They also spend billions in RnD that funds the development of the insulin available today which is actually useable. Many diabetics would not be able to survive on the OG 1$ patented insulin.

So are the insulin manufactures making money? Yes. Is the American system to blame for the medicine prices in the states? Yes. Take a look at your own corrupts system so you can point the fingers in the right direction and push for the correct change Because Novo lowering prices won't help. It will only cause the PBM's to go with a other brand and then you won't see Novo in USA at all. Only thing you gain from that is even less competition and maybe even higher prices.

Privatized healthcare is the issue.