Insulin

South Africa Runs Out of Insulin Pens as Global Supply Shifts to Weight-Loss Drugs

trl5 months ago010 mins

South Africa’s public health care system has run out of the human insulin pens that it provides to people with diabetes, as the pharmaceutical industry shifts production priorities to blockbuster weight-loss drugs that use a similar device for delivery. Novo Nordisk, the company that has supplied South Africa with human insulin in pens for a…

Can You Recycle Medical Devices Like Insulin Pens, Inhalers and Covid Tests?

trl9 months ago08 mins

Most of the plastic in your medicine cabinet is high-quality, medical grade — and devilishly difficult to safely dispose of, let alone recycle. The sorting equipment at standard recycling centers typically can’t handle small items, and wishfully including them only prolongs the sorting process that then increases the recyclers’ costs without salvaging the plastic. Some…