I wasn’t in favor of this health care bill. I wish I could have been because I supported Barack Obama in the 2008 election — which is exactly the reason I wasn’t in favor of this health care bill. Key components of this bill, including the individual mandate, the Cadillac tax, the lack of a public option, the lack of transparency, and the influence of the big pharmaceutical and insurance industries are all completely antithetical to what candidate Obama ran on. So President Obama won his healthcare victory,...

Lars Sorensen CEO of Novo Nordisk, the world leading insulin producer, spoke at the Reuters Health Summit on Wednesday, and gave clear guidance on the impact of U.S. healthcare reform. In the short term sales may be  hit as a result of planned Medicare changes and a promise by pharma companies to help fund wider access to medicines. But in the longer term, increased coverage for more Americans suffering from diabetes would have a positive effect on diabetes drug sales. Or in the words of Mr. Sorensen: “We would anticipate there...