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A Drug Made Safe to Dose

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Insulin (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationWikipedia, Insulin (medication), History section chronology entries for 1922, 1923, 1936, 1950, 1973, 1978, 1983, 1996 and 2000, read raw 2026-09-21
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Prior to that, insulin was sold in different strengths, including U-80 (80 units per milliliter) and U-40 formulations (40 units per milliliter), so the effort to "standardize" the potency aimed to reduce dosage errors
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