Can someone explain in layman's terms why there is no competition on this market? As insulin is so cheap to produce, why can't I just get my own product approved and sell it?
Even then, modern insulin is apparently quite a bit better than the "classic" stuff.
it's basically how can we come up with a roadmap to making this decentralized insulin without violating any existing patents
This is how patents are supposed to foster innovation. Wasted effort reinventing the wheelMost importantly, it's a while set of single thing patents which means you need a thick, expensive cross licensing agreement most of the time. Even finding out which patents you need is hard, and then the patents are written in a way that nakes them hard to use too, including incomplete in crucial details.
It's a mockery of the original intent of the patent system.
For everyone interested, clickable link https://openinsulin.org/
Very noble cause, I appreciate it.
(Not that I don't think what you are doing is awesome, because I do.)