“In some parts of the world, a month’s supply of insulin costs hundreds of dollars. Sydney man Alex Kelly is challenging the world’s biggest pharmaceutical companies by making the life-saving drug in this lab for a fraction of the cost.”

“We are decades away from insulin being reasonably priced for everyone in the world. We might see a cure for diabetes before then,” he said. “This cure may cost many thousands of dollars and people will still require insulin for many decades.”