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<blockquote data-quote="tim2000s" data-source="post: 1915123" data-attributes="member: 30007"><p>We've been through this a couple of times. We don't make any analogue insulin in the UK, only Porcine as mentioned, and even then, only enough for a couple of thousand people, so setting up plant in the UK is not an option. It also costs billions that would not be recouped by the manufacturer. What happened before the EU? We extracted our own Porcine and Bovine insulin because Human Insulin wasn't available. (<a href="https://www.diabettech.com/brexit/fact-checking-sir-michael-rawlins-statements-in-relation-to-insulin-and-brexit-should-we-be-worried/" target="_blank">https://www.diabettech.com/brexit/fact-checking-sir-michael-rawlins-statements-in-relation-to-insulin-and-brexit-should-we-be-worried/</a>)</p><p></p><p>In terms of temperature controlled distribution, we worked out that a refrigeration lorry with a full fuel tank on arriving in a customs queue at Dover would need to be there for two weeks or more before there was an issue with the insulin it was carrying. It seems unlikely that even in the worst case, stuff would be stuck at the Dover Calais border for that long, so I don't think supply will be anywhere near as badly affected as people think.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tim2000s, post: 1915123, member: 30007"] We've been through this a couple of times. We don't make any analogue insulin in the UK, only Porcine as mentioned, and even then, only enough for a couple of thousand people, so setting up plant in the UK is not an option. It also costs billions that would not be recouped by the manufacturer. What happened before the EU? We extracted our own Porcine and Bovine insulin because Human Insulin wasn't available. ([URL]https://www.diabettech.com/brexit/fact-checking-sir-michael-rawlins-statements-in-relation-to-insulin-and-brexit-should-we-be-worried/[/URL]) In terms of temperature controlled distribution, we worked out that a refrigeration lorry with a full fuel tank on arriving in a customs queue at Dover would need to be there for two weeks or more before there was an issue with the insulin it was carrying. It seems unlikely that even in the worst case, stuff would be stuck at the Dover Calais border for that long, so I don't think supply will be anywhere near as badly affected as people think. [/QUOTE]
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