Is Insulin Patented?
Is Insulin Patented? On October 9, 1923, Frederick Banting, Charles Best, and James Collip were granted the patent for “Extract Obtainable from the Mammalian Pancreas or from the Related Glands in Fishes, Useful in the Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus, and a Method of Preparing It” or Insulin, U.S Patent No. 1,469,994 . What was the