Californians will be able to buy low-cost, state-branded insulin next year, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Thursday.

The CalRX – California's program to develop and sell its own prescription medications – pens will be available to purchase for Californians starting Jan. 1, 2026.

"California didn't wait for the pharmaceutical industry to do the right thing — we took matters into our own hands," Newsom said in a statement Thursday.

Newsom's office is touting the CalRX suggested retail price of no more than $55 for a pack of five 3-mL pens, coming out to about $11 a pen.

"By beginning the process to manufacture our own insulin and pricing it at a maximum cost of $11 a pen in a five-pack, California and Civica are showing the nation what it looks like to put people over profits," Newsom sta

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