a pair of white-gloved hands holding a box of yellow-topped insulin vials
Vials of insulin at a factory in France | PATRICK HERTZOG/AFP via Getty Images

Insulin prices are so high that California has decided to make its own, California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Thursday. $100 million of the state’s budget will be put into the effort, which seeks to make the lifesaving drug more affordable after years of skyrocketing prices.

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