Dr. Jeff Jonas, a veteran drug industry executive whose son relies on insulin for type 1 diabetes, said he’d have thought insulin “demand and supply are pretty predictable, so when something ...

Scripps News reached out to Eli Lilly about the shortage. A company spokesperson said the "dynamic nature of insulin supply and demand, coupled with a brief delay in manufacturing, ...

Insulin, however, remains costly and prices can be especially out of reach in poorer countries, where tortuous supply chains and high markups by middlemen often make it unaffordable for many patients.

(CNN) — Drugmaker Eli Lilly warned this week that two of its formulations of insulin would be temporarily out of stock through the beginning of April, citing a “brief delay in manufacturing.” ...