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on Tuesday August 23 2016, @07:34AM
from the staying-alive-is-getting-more-expensive dept.
from the staying-alive-is-getting-more-expensive dept.
EpiPen's price has ballooned about 400% since 2008, rising from about a $100 list price to $500 today. The EpiPen is one of the most important life-saving medical innovations for people with severe food allergies—which affect as many as 15 million Americans and 1 in 13 children in the United States. But its price has exploded over the last decade despite few upgrades to the product itself. The product's lack of competitors is likely a significant driver of the costs. [...] [The] EpiPen enjoys a near-monopoly on the market with annual sales of more than $1.3 billion and nearly 90% U.S. market share.
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EpiPen's Price Increased 400% since 2008
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(Score: 5, Funny) by Entropy on Tuesday August 23 2016, @08:40AM
It seemed really important to him. His eyes were desperate, like he was pleading for me to take it and keep it safe for him. Unfortunately he died a short while later(food allergy, I think), but I still have the Epipen he entrusted me with his dying wish... I'll keep it always.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 23 2016, @11:10AM
Another police homicide.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 23 2016, @03:24PM
Good god that is awful... and at the same time I can't stop chuckling. The sure sign of madness and the only "sane" reaction to such a unbelievable shittery on part of Big Pharma.