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Gottlieb blasts high insulin prices, touts far-off new rules he says will spur competition in that market

FDA's Scott Gottlieb says the price is of insulin is “not acceptable” — and his agency put out new guidance Tuesday he says will eventually help spur competition in that…
FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb

WASHINGTON — FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb blasted insulin makers Tuesday for what he called unacceptably high prices for a decades-old drug. And he rolled out a slate of new guidances for the industry he says will spur competition in the insulin market and bring down the drug’s cost when they take effect in

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