Over 400 million people worldwide already suffer from diabetes. Unfortunately, this number is growing rapidly. It is estimated that in 2030 it will be half a billion. This may lead to a situation that in some countries there is a shortage of insulin – a preparation that saves the lives of diabetics – warns Dr. Sanjay Basu from Stanford University.
Dr. Sanjay Basu is the lead author of the report that has been published in an apport published in the Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology. According to the researcher, the incidence of diabetes is so high that insulin producers may not keep up with insulin production. There may also be problems with its transport and storage, and inhabitants of poorer regions may be cut off from insulin altogether due to the high price of the preparation.
Some countries are already running out of insulin. The greatest shortages were recorded in Bangladesh, Brazil, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Dr. Basu predicts that by 2030 half of diabetics living in Africa and Asia will have problems getting insulin.
Currently, the market of insulin producers is dominated by three concerns: Danish Novo Nordisk, American Eli Lilly and French Sanofi. These three companies account for as much as 99 percent. world insulin production in terms of market value and 96 percent. as far as its volume is concerned – emphasizes the website Nauawpolsce.pap.pl
Although diabetes is not contagious, a decade ago, the WHO recognized it as an epidemic of the XNUMXst century.
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