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Jacob S. Sherkow, Eli Y. Adashi & I. Glenn Cohen, Assessing—and Extending—California’s Insulin Manufacturing Initiative, JAMA (2023).


Abstract: This Viewpoint reviews California’s recently proposed CalRx initiative to manufacture biosimilar insulin, highlights challenges facing the initiative, and suggests ways in which, if successful, the initiative could serve as a model for state-managed development of drugs other than insulin, reduce drug prices, and provide other benefits.