Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders has called the executives of top insulin manufacturers to testify before his panel.
In an April 21 statement, Sanders (I-Vt.) announced a May 10 hearing of the HELP panel, entitled “The Need to Make Insulin Affordable for All Americans.”
He also announced that the CEOs of Eli Lilly and Company, Novo Nordisk, and Sanofi—the largest three insulin manufacturers in the United States—will testify.
“As a result of public outrage and strong grassroots efforts, major pharmaceutical companies recently announced that they would be substantially reducing the price of insulin,” Sanders said….}