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  • noun Plural form of insulin.

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Examples

  • I don't have to worry about what Lantus or other long term insulins are doing to me if I don't get to eat when it peaks, because it offers a constant supply of Humalog to my system.

    Discussion Forum - TuDiabetes 2010

  • I don't have to worry about what Lantus or other long term insulins are doing to me if I don't get to eat when it peaks, because it offers a constant supply of Humalog to my system.

    Discussion Forum - TuDiabetes 2010

  • However, he added that, in his personal view, the decision by Novo Nordisk to remove some of its modern insulins from the Greek market following price cuts there was not necessarily helpful to the debate.

    PharmaTimes World News 2010

  • How do you see how you can gain market share against Novo given that they are launching their own GLP-1 in probably two years before yours, and also have a next generation wave of insulins, which is probably three or four years ahead of yours?

    SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page 2010

  • How do you see how you can gain market share against Novo given that they are launching their own GLP-1 in probably two years before yours, and also have a next generation wave of insulins, which is probably three or four years ahead of yours?

    SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page 2010

  • Even among insulin now, we have different kind of insulins -- ones that last a long time, a whole day; ones that last very shortly.

    CNN Transcript Nov 12, 2005 2005

  • When cash-strapped Greece last year told Danish drug maker Novo Nordisk A/S it planned to cut the prices it paid for certain insulins by more than a quarter in an effort to slash its spending, Lars Rebien Sorensen , the company's chief executive, responded by halting deliveries of the products.

    The Tough Business of Caring Jeanne Whalen 2011

  • There are also growing pressures in some Western markets to keep patients on older, cheaper forms of medication, which cuts against the company's strategy of converting diabetics to more modern insulins, he says.

    The Tough Business of Caring Jeanne Whalen 2011

  • The product is designed to control blood-sugar levels over a longer period of time than other insulins do, though if it is approved for sale it will face tough competition from products made by Sanofi SA and Eli Lilly & Co .

    The Tough Business of Caring Jeanne Whalen 2011

  • "We will see when we come to market with this next generation of modern insulins, the pricing will probably be such that patients in Northern Europe may have more of a chance to get these products than patients in Southern Europe because health authorities…will not reimburse them."

    The Tough Business of Caring Jeanne Whalen 2011

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