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August 31, 2016
In any normal system somebody would have made their own EpiPens and sold them for less.
Why don’t they? They keep trying, and the FDA keeps refusing to approve them for human use. For example, in 2009, a group called Teva Pharmaceuticals announced a plan to sell their own EpiPens in the US. The makers of the original EpiPen sued them, saying that they had patented the idea epinephrine-injecting devices. Teva successfully fended off the challenge and brought its product to the FDA, which rejected it because of “certain major deficiencies”. As far as I know, nobody has ever publicly said what the problem was – we can only hope they at least told Teva. Reverse Voxsplaining: Drugs vs. Chairs | Slate Star Codex
Posted by gerardvanderleun at August 31, 2016 10:30 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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After having several violent allergic reactions to mold and old dust my face would swell and stay that way for several days, closing my eyes.
I went to my allergist and she gave me a shot of something to counteract the allergy and then recommended that I buy, through prescription, a pair of epipens. I asked her what they cost and it was something close to $250 a pen, if I remember correctly. While that may not be the amount, the things were enormously expensive.
I passed and stayed on prednisone, dangerous enough in its own right, and benedryl.
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at September 1, 2016 6:51 AM
There's a report out now that the R&D for this thing was 100% taxpayer funded. My wife got into pharmaceuticals a while back and is making a killing. I stayed in materials and other hard stuff and taking the losses to offset her gains.
Posted by: BillH at September 1, 2016 7:02 AM