Insulin and Its Importance:
Insulin helps regulate this in the human body.
What is blood glucose (sugar) level?
These health complications can occur when diabetes is left untreated.
What are heart disease, kidney failure, or nerve damage?
This makes insulin often expensive for patients in the United States.
What is high production costs and limited market competition?
This is what happens in the body when insulin is not produced or used properly.
What is blood sugar becomes too high, leading to diabetes?
This percentage of the U.S. population is currently living with diabetes.
What is around 11–12% (over 38 million people)?
This is the percentage of global insulin production that is controlled by only three major companies.
What is around 92%?
This is the year insulin was first successfully used to treat diabetes.
What is 1922?
This percentage of insulin users in the U.S. ration their insulin due to cost.
What is roughly 1 in 6 (around 17%)?
What manufacturing factor most strongly affects the final cost of insulin?
What is production efficiency (including equipment, labor, and yield)?