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that_dogs_wilin t1_ixe2cvh wrote

Reply to comment by aclockworkporridge in Why can't Cambridge manufacture their own insulin for its residents with Type I diabetes? California is going to manufacture its own insulin. by [deleted]

and out of curiosity, I looked up and did some back of the envelope math. If you look instead at GDP per capita, you have ~480B / 5M ~= 95k / person.

That's roughly what this page said (though it's Boston-Camb-Newton), where it's the 6th wealthiest metro area in the country, in that respect.

I know it's not the whole story, though, and safe pharma production is a whole thing.

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