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Brianna Morris-Grant and wires 

Pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly & Co apologises after fake Twitter account says insulin is free as Elon Musk rolls back verification

A pharmaceutical giant selling insulin for hundreds of dollars a vial has apologised after an impostor Twitter account that purchased a blue-check "verified" label tweeted that the drug was free. 

The incident was among a wave of impersonations that prompted Twitter to make its relaunched premium service — available to anyone for $US8 ($11.93) a month — unavailable.

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