▁permission ▁to ▁manufact ure ▁ins ul in ▁in ▁Den mark ▁while ▁visit ing ▁Toronto ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 2 , ▁and ▁a ▁Dan ish ▁pat ent ▁was ▁granted ▁in ▁February ▁ 1 9 2 4 ▁via ▁ ▁( now ▁LE O ▁Ph arma ). ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁second ▁half ▁of ▁ 1 9 2 3 , ▁Con n aught ' s ▁ins ul in ▁operations ▁were ▁expanded ▁into ▁a ▁size able ▁" factory " ▁at ▁a ▁vac ant ▁Y M CA ▁building ▁that ▁was ▁transformed ▁through ▁a ▁mix ▁of ▁don ations ▁and ▁government ▁gr ants . ▁The ▁main ▁purpose ▁of ▁expansion ▁was ▁to ▁lower ▁the ▁cost ▁of ▁ins ul in ▁as ▁much ▁as ▁possible . ▁As ▁Def ries ▁told ▁the ▁press , ▁Con n aught ▁" w ould ▁now ▁be ▁able ▁to ▁produce ▁enough ▁ins ul in ▁for ▁all ▁of ▁Canada ▁in ▁the ▁new ▁facility ▁and ▁at ▁a ▁stead ily ▁decl ining ▁price ." ▁By ▁November , ▁Con n aught ▁was ▁producing ▁ 2 5 0 , 0 0 0 ▁units ▁of ▁ins ul in ▁week ly ; ▁the ▁average ▁di ab etic ▁needed ▁ 1 5 - 2 0 ▁units ▁every ▁day . ▁It ▁export ed ▁to ▁countries ▁across ▁the ▁glo be ▁entirely ▁at ▁cost ▁of ▁materials ▁and ▁production , ▁since ▁Con n aught ▁was ▁“ not ▁engaged ▁in ▁commercial ▁business .” ▁ ▁During ▁this ▁period , ▁Con n aught ▁was ▁the ▁world ’ s ▁primary ▁driver ▁of ▁research ▁and ▁innov ation ▁in ▁ins ul in ▁production ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁some