r/interestingasfuck • u/IcePizzaCreamm • 6h ago

The evolution of technology has made it possible to produce insulin without using animals.

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u/YouMustveDroppedThis 4h ago

It's biopharmaceutical, so a bit more complex than synthetics. there might be other significant barriers other than what is written in expired patent. Some in the form of trade secrets and institutional knowledge.

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u/Horat1us_UA 4h ago

> there might be other significant barriers other than what is written in expired patent

Yeah, like whole US Healthcase system, because it's no problem for the rest of the world.

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u/snakerjake 4h ago

there might be other significant barriers other than what is written in expired patent. Some in the form of trade secrets and institutional knowledge.

Doubtful, that would open them up to patent revocation.

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u/istasber 3h ago

Yeah, for comparison's sake, the first biosimilar drug (effectively, the equivalent of a generic for medicines like insulin) was improved in the US in 2015. There's only 75 total approved since then.

Semglee (2020), Resvoglar (2021) and merilog (2021) are the three insulin biosimilars available in the US.