How russian insulin is tested on children with diabetes
Quincke’s edema, stroke symptoms, and a state on the verge of coma – these were the side effects of the new domestic insulin in children with diabetes. According to Russian laws, an analogue (or rather, a biosimilar) of foreign insulin may not undergo clinical trials on children, and now, according to doctors, the unproven drug is actually used all over the country. And parents have to choose between deadly side effects and the insidious consequences of diabetes. Telling the story of what data helped me conduct this study.
