No law against it but morally wrong.
BTW this price increase from $17 to $600 over a few short years came when the daughter of Senator Manchin (D WV) took over the helm of the company making the epipens. Geez.

Very uncomfortable when the "good" democrats are revealed for the limousine liberals they are.

THere should be a law though.
She just made $19 million salary for herself.
Epipen is primitive device with two common drugs combined, why no one makes more of them? I`m sure indian pharma industry can make them $5 in retail.

We have one big referendum.

If everyone is happy with the state of medical technology as it exists today, the pharma industry is nationalized, prices are reduced to the cost of manufacturing and the newly created US Department of Drugs and Medical Devices spins its wheels for the next 100 years trying to invent the equivalatent of a band-aid.

There are many alternatives that work just as well. EPIPEN is a brand that is like Kleenex. You don't even know the name of the product just the name of the producer because they have owned the market for so long. Adrenaclick is one competitor. There are several for use in Canada but the FDA won't approve the use here.

Hell, a syringe and a vial of epinephrine is less than $20 but you had better be quick if you are going to administer it yourself. (and know a bit about what you are doing too)

You are one black and white man, aren`t ya.

I`m sure that if you or your child has that need you`ll learn.

The idea that in an emergency situation you'll be calm enough to break out a syringe, pull the correct dosage and then give yourself or your loved one an intramuscular injection doesn't really work. It's the patented proven delivery system that Epipen banks on since big pharma is in bed with he government.

My last epipens cost a whopping $25 co pay. Sad deal for families without insurance though.

Going to pick up my refill in an hour or so. I'm assuming it will be $30 copay, but I do have the free coupon for it, but since I used that once before I'm not sure if it works. My allergist hand out the free coupons and has for 5 years or so.

When I bought my second one in January a couple of years ago, my deductible hadn't been met yet, so I had to pay $293.

Sad that they had to raise the price on a generic drug. They say you are paying for the ease and convenience of the injector, but that technology has been around for years, so unless they are raising the price to research something new, no clue why it is so expensive. (And in that case, I would assume they would raise the price on the new drug, and not an old one like Shkrelli(sp?) did with Daraprim)

Will update my price in an hour or so..

Isn't it illegal not not have insurance in America now?


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is there a reason it will not be approve din the USA...?

cant help but see that is the reason... same reason mr. shkreli skyrocketed the price of AIDS drugs...

im all for generics.

Big Pharma lobbying your government I would think, likely patent term?

No. Wouldn't pass FDA tests.

Gee, I wonder why that is?

Wait, so capitalism with little to no regulations has its flaws? Get outta here!