Eric Moyal: Diabetes, Insulin at Cost; Healthcare's Nonprofit Roots
Join host Vinny Tafuro for a conversation with Eric Moyal, founder of Project Insulin, a nonprofit developing its own insulin to sell at cost. Millions of people ration insulin, a drug whose patents expired years ago. Looking at the challenge, Eric saw a money problem, not a science problem, and built Project Insulin as a global safety net. Patents are a social contract, and for insulin that contract broke. Their conversation explores why a nonprofit is the right structure for affordable medicine, and how returning healthcare to its nonprofit roots could restore the promise patents were meant to keep.
Guest Links
Guest Links
- Project Insulin
- Project Insulin on Instagram
Referenced in this episode
- Civica Rx
- Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drugs
- T1International
- Tiny Girl Big Show on Instagram
- We Are Diabaddies on Instagram
Creators and Guests
Host
Vinny Tafuro
Vinny is a visionary, futurist, writer, entrepreneur, communications theorist, and economist. A polymath and curious by nature, he is a pioneering advocate for the twenty-first-century economy that is disrupting society’s rigid institutions and beliefs. Vinny’s economic and foresight projects explore the societal and economic shifts being catalyzed by human culture as a result of technology, corporate personhood, and evolving human cognition. An engaging and energetic speaker, Vinny presents on a variety of topics both professionally and through community outreach. He enjoys an active and blended professional, academic, and personal life, selecting challenging projects that offer opportunities for personal and professional growth. He is the author of Corporate Empathy and Unlocking the Labor Cage.
Guest
Eric Moyal
Before founding Project Insulin, Eric led major fundraising efforts at Brandeis University, helping raise over $2 million during Giving Tuesday campaigns. He also serves on the board of the Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Association and delivered a TEDx talk in 2020 on allyship in chronic illness communities.
