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2024考研英语同源外刊3月:礼来公司把胰岛素价格下调

Drugmaker Eli Lilly says it will cut insulin prices by 70%

制药商礼来公司表示将把胰岛素价格下调70%

Eli Lilly will cut list prices by 70% for its most commonly prescribed forms of insulin, Humalog and Humulin, beginning from the fourth quarter of this year, the drugmaker said on Wednesday. The move comes amid criticism of healthcare companies by US lawmakers over rising costs of insulin, with Joe Biden’s signature Inflation Reduction Act including a $35 cap on insulin for those enrolled in Medicare health insurance plans.

美国礼来制药公司周三宣布，从今年第四季度开始，该公司较常用的胰岛素处方药优泌乐和优泌林的价格将下调70%。此举出台之际，美国国会议员正批评医疗保健公司不断上涨的胰岛素成本。乔·拜登签署的《通货膨胀抑制法案》包括，对参加医疗保险计划的人，胰岛素价格上限为35美元。

“While we could wait for Congress to act or the healthcare system in general to apply that standard, we’re just applying it ourselves,” the company’s chief executive, Dave Ricks, told CNN in an interview. The drugmaker will also lower the price of its non-branded insulin injection Lispro to $25 a vial and expand its Insulin Value Program, under which the $35 cap will apply to about 85% of US pharmacies. Ricks said patients using other pharmacies that do not participate in the program can get a rebate through the drugmaker’s website.

礼来制药公司首席执行官戴夫·瑞克斯在接受美国有线电视新闻网采访时表示:“虽然我们可以等待国会采取行动，或者等待整个医疗系统应用这一标准，但我们现在只是自己在应用它。” 礼来制药公司还将把无品牌的胰岛素注射剂利斯普罗的价格降至每瓶25美元，并扩大其胰岛素价值计划，在该计划下，35美元的上限将适用于大约85%的美国药店。瑞克斯说，在其他没有参与该计划的药店购药的患者可以通过制药商的网站获得回扣。

He said the price cuts “should be the new standard in America” and called on other companies and stakeholders “to meet up at this point”. “Insulin has become such a pivotal issue because of affordability,” Ricks said. About 8.4 million of the 37 million people in the United States with diabetes use insulin, according to the American Diabetes Association. Eli Lilly, along with Sanofi and Novo Nordisk, makes up 90% of the US market for insulin.

瑞克斯表示，降价“应该成为美国的新标准”，并呼吁其他公司和利益相关者“在这一点上达成共识”。瑞克斯说:“由于负担不起药费，胰岛素已经成为一个关键问题。”根据美国糖尿病协会的数据，美国3700万糖尿病患者中约有840万人使用胰岛素。礼来、赛诺菲与诺和诺德占据了美国胰岛素市场90%的份额。

 

单词

list prices 目录价格;标价;

drugmaker /ˈdrʌɡˌmekər/ n. 制药者;制药商;

insulin/ˈɪnsəlɪn/ n. 胰岛素;

prescribed/prɪˈskraɪbd/ adj. 处方的;

criticism/ˈkrɪtɪsɪzəm/ n. 批评，批判;意见;评论，评价;

signature/ˈsɪɡnətʃər/ n. 签名，署名;签字，签署;

cap/kæp/ n.(可用或可借资金的)最高限额;

enroll/ɪnˈroʊl/ vt.(使)加入;注册;登记;

wait for 等待;等候;

chief executive 首席执行官;董事长;

lower/ˈloʊər/ vt. 减少;降低;

non-branded/ˈnoʊn ˈbrændɪd/ adj. 无品牌的;

injection/ɪnˈdʒekʃ(ə)n/ n. 注射;注射剂;

vial /ˈvaɪəl/ n.(装香水、药水等的)小瓶;

participate in 参加;参与;

rebate/ˈriːbeɪt/ n. 退还款;折扣，返还(退还的部分货价);折扣;

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