Newsom Promotes Affordable Insulin, but California’s Generic Label Off to a Slow Start

California Shipped 120,000 Packs of $55 Insulin but Cannot Say How Many Patients Actually Received Them

California distributed 120,000 packs of $55 CalRx insulin but does not track dispensing. Here is what patients should ask at the pharmacy.

California Challenges Insulin Giants with $55 Alternative as State Seeks to Lower Drug Costs, but Impact Remains Unclear

Nearly three years after California Governor Gavin Newsom announced a plan to bring a lower-cost insulin to the market, the state has started selling its own generic brand of the […] The post California Challenges Insulin Giants with $55 Alternative as State Seeks to Lower Drug Costs, but Impact Remains Unclear appeared first on edhat.

Newsom Promotes Affordable Insulin, but California’s Generic Label Off to a Slow Start

SAN FRANCISCO — At a Walgreens in this city’s bustling Japantown neighborhood, pharmacist Margaret On stocks two boxes of long-acting insulin pens from California’s new prescription drug label, CalRx, emblazoned with the state’s iconic grizzly bear. Although she hasn’t dispensed any, On plans to keep them on hand. “It’s good to have if a patient comes in and doesn’t have health insurance,” she said. “Or just in case of emergencies.” Seven months…

Newsom Promotes Affordable Insulin, but California’s Generic Label Off to a Slow Start - Health Care Today

SAN FRANCISCO — At a Walgreens in this city’s bustling Japantown neighborhood, pharmacist Margaret On stocks two boxes of long-acting insulin pens from California’s new prescription drug label, CalRx, emblazoned with the state’s iconic grizzly bear. Although she hasn’t dispensed any, On plans to keep them on hand. “It’s good to have if a patient comes in and doesn’t have health insurance,” she said. “Or just in case of emergencies.” Seven months…