As a result of the high cost of diabetes test strips at retail, there's a thriving secondary market: a box of diabetes strips that costs $160+ new at retail, can be purchased for $60 on the secondary market. (See my previous post for why this market exists.)
Of course, the diabetes strip manufacturers don't like competing with secondary market sales, so they've successfully lobbied the California state government to ban the practice. And they're trying to ban the practice in New York, Florida, and other states.
Note how they frame the issue as "protecting" the diabetes patient from fraudulent, damaged test strips, when their real motivation is force diabetes patients to purchase their expensive strips.
"California Life Sciences Association (CLSA), the statewide public policy and business leadership trade association representing California’s life sciences industry, today applauded Gov. Jerry Brown on signing California Assembly Bill (AB) 602 into law.
AB 602 will help protect patients with diabetes from counterfeit or improperly stored diabetes test devices by prohibiting pharmacies from acquiring these devices from unauthorized distributors. Authored by Assemblymember Rob Bonta (D-Alameda), CLSA was the lead organization supporting AB 602."
https://califesciences.org/clsa-applauds-gov-jerry-brown-signing-measure-protect-diabetes-patients/
Of course, the diabetes strip manufacturers don't like competing with secondary market sales, so they've successfully lobbied the California state government to ban the practice. And they're trying to ban the practice in New York, Florida, and other states.
Note how they frame the issue as "protecting" the diabetes patient from fraudulent, damaged test strips, when their real motivation is force diabetes patients to purchase their expensive strips.
"California Life Sciences Association (CLSA), the statewide public policy and business leadership trade association representing California’s life sciences industry, today applauded Gov. Jerry Brown on signing California Assembly Bill (AB) 602 into law.
AB 602 will help protect patients with diabetes from counterfeit or improperly stored diabetes test devices by prohibiting pharmacies from acquiring these devices from unauthorized distributors. Authored by Assemblymember Rob Bonta (D-Alameda), CLSA was the lead organization supporting AB 602."
https://califesciences.org/clsa-applauds-gov-jerry-brown-signing-measure-protect-diabetes-patients/