EpiPen maker settles $465 million lawsuit

Business, Health, Market, Medical October 9, 2016 Chuck Berry
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Sept. 21, 2016: Mylan CEO Heather Bresch holds up EpiPens while testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the House Oversight Committee hearing on EpiPen price increases.  (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Drugmaker Mylan will pay $465 million to settle allegations that it overbilled Medicaid for its life-saving EpiPen, ending one of the controversies over the soaring price of the emergency allergy injection.

The settlement with the Department of Justice follows news that EpiPen has been incorrectly classified since late 1997 as a generic product under the Medicaid health program for the poor and disabled.

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