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Great to see more competition in the insulin analogs space.

Walmart is also famous for selling regular insulin for $25/vial for many years now. Regular insulin isn't always as easy to dose as the modern insulin analogs, but it's a viable option for most people who are cost-constrained who don't otherwise have access to insurance.

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Patients will eventually die or like go blind on “regular” insulin.

Please don't do that. The older R/N/L insulins are clearly not as good as the newer insulins, that much is true. But they are sufficient to live a relatively healthy life as a diabetic. You need to be more careful and strict with your diet and activity, but there's nothing inherent in them that causes blindness or death.

This isn’t true. I’ve tested Novalin with a Dexcom and it’s possible to dose correctly and keep glucose in an appropriate range.

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