A new survey, published in The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, examined insulin pen use in the inpatient setting. Insulin pens can offer several advantages, but there have also ...

(Reuters Health) - A warning for people who use insulin pens: Not shaking your NPH insulin pen before injecting can result in wide variations in your insulin level and blood sugar control, researchers ...

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is calling on Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk and Sanofi to immediately reduce the price of insulin pens to $1 per device in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Pens are ...

Due to continuing patient safety problems, ISMP suggests hospitals stop using insulin pens in an inpatient setting, as they were originally intended for ambulatory care. “Other problems such as using ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A U.S. hospital reduced insulin pen waste by 18.3% after bolstering education efforts and medical alerts. Costs ...

Ahead of World Diabetes Day, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) called for all insulin manufacturers to provide injection pen devices at $1 per pen. The humanitarian organization ...

NEW YORK, Dec 2 (Reuters) - CVS Health will pay $37.76 million to settle allegations it dispensed too many insulin pens to patients, and then obtained improper reimbursements from Medicare, ‌Medicaid ...

California will make cheaper, state-branded insulin available for those with diabetes, Governor Gavin Newsom Announced Thursday, boasting his initiative to make drugs more affordable will take on more ...

Californians will be able to buy five packs of insulin pens for a maximum of $55 per pack, or $11 per pen, starting Jan. 1. The insulin is from a state-branded form of the medicine, CalRx. Lawmakers ...

Medtronic Diabetes has been hit with a class action lawsuit. The lawsuit, filed in August 30, 2023 in a California federal court, alleges that Medtronic engaged in “transmission and disclosure” of ...

Californians will be able to buy five packs of insulin pens for a maximum of $55 per pack, or $11 per pen, starting Jan. 1. The insulin is from a state-branded form of the medicine, CalRx. Lawmakers ...