Governor Newsom announces California will make its own insulin

Post by boardwaalk » Fri, Jul 08, 2022, 3:17 AM UTC

enahs-sf wrote: post #52

gandalfgeek wrote: post #28

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I can’t relate at all to that sentiment. California has got to be one of the most bloated and wasteful state governments in the entire US. High taxes and nothing to show for it. The entrenched far left seems bent on destroying the middle class, driving out business, regulating everything to death and displacing merit as a selection factor. Whatever glory Cali has— tech, entertainment, farming, weather, natural beauty…

I agree, current management is pretty bad. I can easily envision a world where it is well-run and with less grift where your California ID essentially unlocks a slew of services like healthcare and university access. Like i said before, this is wishful thinking, but it’s not for lack of resources.

Post by s1artibartfast » Fri, Jul 08, 2022, 3:18 AM UTC

adolph wrote: post #35

This is a pretty interesting public-private partnership proposal that Newsom seems to have been working on for a while. Budget Request Summary HCAI requests one-time $100 million General Fund, available until 2025-26, for the CalRx Biosimilar Insulin initiative. Through a contract partnership, the State would invest $50 million towards the development of low-cost biosimilar insulin products, an additional $50 million…

Post by s1artibartfast » Fri, Jul 08, 2022, 3:20 AM UTC

Spooky23 wrote: post #21

refurb wrote: post #3

Doesn’t make a lot of sense. Generic insulin’s are already being made. Why not just buy those?

Because pharmaceutical research is hitting a wall in many areas, and companies are “catching and killing” generic manufacturers specifically to extract more revenue from long invented products. Government should absolutely play in this space. Hell, one of the primary anti-fungal creams (NYStatin) was developed by a female researcher and state employee in the 1960s.

Post by rhodorhoades » Fri, Jul 08, 2022, 3:25 AM UTC

YeBanKo wrote: post #65

rayiner wrote: post #54

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I don’t think that’a entirely fair. California is the product of good governance during the 1950s-1980s. There is public infrastructure, like good schools and universities, that needs to be laid to attract industry in the first place. California probably wouldn’t the what it is without the UC system, for example. Of course that was a very different California.

California schools system is not good.

Post by google234123 » Fri, Jul 08, 2022, 3:26 AM UTC

rhodorhoades wrote: post #77

YeBanKo wrote: post #65

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California schools system is not good.

UC Berkeley, UC San Diego, UC Los Angeles are some of the best engineering schools on the planet.