It looks like taxpayers didn’t just overpay for EpiPens purchased through Medicaid. According to a new report, the Department of Defense has been paying almost full retail price for the expensive emergency allergy treatment. This is according to a Reuters analysis of available data, which found that many of the EpiPens paid for by the […]
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EpiPen maker settles $465 million lawsuit
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 […]
Hacker group creates $30 DIY Epipen
In response to the corporate insanity surrounding Epipen (company Mylan purchased the rights to Epipen in 2007 and raised the prices from $57 to $318), medical hacking collective, Four Thieves Vinegar, has established a DIY version of the life-saving injector for $30. The epipen works by spring load injecting epinephrine into someone that is suffering […]