Sentences with phrase «epipen auto»
«There are no purchase requirements for participation in the program, nor have there ever been to receive free EpiPen auto - injectors.»
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The Syracuse Fire Department is making a change from using EpiPen auto - injectors to treat life - threatening allergic reactions.
In conjunction with Mylan's SEC filing, a Mylan spokesperson stated that «the information provided to Congress has made clear that tax was part of the EpiPen Auto - Injector profitability analysis.»
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Meridian had to issue a recall of the EpiPen and EpiPen Jr. auto - injectors at the end of March as some of the devices, which are used for treating allergic reactions, had a defective part that potentially stopped them from working — an event that could be life - threatening.
The EpiPen is a so - called «auto - injector» which delivers a jolt of epinephrine to the body in order to counteract anaphylaxis shock from allergies to peanuts, shell food, and other substances.
Windgap Medical, a Boston - based firm which is trying to release an alternative epinephrine auto - injector with what it says is a superior shelf life to the EpiPen by 2018, for instance.
A test for the shares looms on Wednesday, when Mylan CEO Heather Bresch testifies before the U.S. House of Representatives Oversight Committee over price increases of EpiPen, an auto - injector of allergy medicine.
Mylan, already the most dominant maker of epinephrine auto - injectors, now enjoys a near - monopoly on the market since Auvi - Q's withdrawal: After the recall, EpiPen's market share immediately jumped from 85 % to 95 % at the end of last year.
Mylan has raised the price for the EpiPen, an auto - injector device that delivers epinephrine to counteract deadly allergic reactions which must be replaced on a yearly basis, more than 400 % over the last decade, putting families who have high deductible health insurance in a bind.
Auto - injector training devices can be ordered free from EpiPen ®.
«Likewise families are often unaware of alternatives and do not know to ask their doctor for a prescription for an epinephrine auto - injector rather than an EpiPen.»
March 30, 2017 UChicago Medicine research finds patients face rising costs for EpiPen allergy drug Commercially insured patients who use the life - saving epinephrine auto - injector known as «EpiPen» have experienced skyrocketing out - of - pocket costs since 2007, according to research published March 27 in JAMA Internal Medicine.
Your doctor will likely prescribe an epinephrine auto - injector (such as an EpiPen) if you're diagnosed with a wheat allergy.
Now we know exactly how outrageous it is: The price of the EpiPen — an auto - injector of the inexpensive hormone ephinephrine — has skyrocketed by more than 600 % since 2008, Money reports, from around $ 100 for the standard two - pack in 2008 to more than $ 735 today.
The pair leapt into action, administering an EpiPen (an epinephrine auto injector), calling 911 and notifying her mother, Kathie Hikade, a teaching assistant at the district's Marbletown Elementary School and fellow RVFTSRP member.