ST PAUL, Minn. – Drug companies are still fighting against Minnesota’s emergency insulin law.
A federal court is being asked by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of American to overturn a ruling by a lower court that upheld the law known as the Alec Smith Insulin Affordability Act. Smith died four years ago while he was trying to ration his insulin.
The law, approved last year, lets diabetics seek an emergency one-time 30-day supply of insulin from a pharmacy. The supplies are donated by three drug companies.
Their lobbyists say that violates the U.S. Constitution’s takings clause.
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