Diastereoisomeric complexes of insulin with D-poly(lactic acid) (D-PLA) or stereocomplexes of D- and L-PLA entrapping insulin were discovered. The complexes were spontaneously formed when insulin and D-PLA were mixed together in acetonitrile solution. Complexes of insulin-D-PLA formed a microparticulate precipitate after a few hours in the solution. The porous 1-3 microm precipitate, which cont...