Abstract

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A time was when research and development of drugs were driven by human need and scientific heroism. At this time, researches were dictated and controlled by the medical research councils and the university research committees. The ethics committees were more interested in the value of the research to mankind. That time is receding in our memory. Before the discovery of Insulin, the patients with diabetes suffered without hope. The human need for a solution was immense. The research of Dr. Fredrick Banting and Dr. Charles Best led to discovery in 1921 of Insulin which remains the main stay of therapy for diabetes until today. I