Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel wants to reopen an investigation into insulin prices charged by Eli Lilly and Company.
About 912-thousand people in Michigan have been diagnosed diabetes according to the American Diabetes Association. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel says they shouldn't have to choose between life-saving medicine or food or rent.
Nessel is asking the Michigan Supreme Court to reverse a decision that prevented her from conducting an investigation into Eli Lilly's pricing practices under the Michigan Consumer Protection Act. A spokesman for the drug company says the court previously and correctly concluded the AG's claims must be dismissed under long-settled law.
Eli Lilly reduced the cost of many of its insulin products to 35 dollars or less in May.
