Sentences with phrase «epipen emergency»

Shares of Mylan (myl) are trading at historically low valuations as the company's chief executive officer is set to face a congressional grilling on Wednesday over the price of its EpiPen emergency allergy treatment.

TORONTO, April 17 - Canada said on Tuesday it is working with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to access supplies of Mylan N.V.» s EpiPen emergency allergy antidote amid a growing shortage that has spared the United States.

TORONTO, April 17 (Reuters)- Canada said on Tuesday it is working with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to access supplies of Mylan N.V.'s EpiPen emergency allergy antidote amid a global shortage that has spared the United States.

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«Your own data show that you received hundreds of complaints that your EpiPen products failed to operate during life - threatening emergencies, including some situations in which patients subsequently died,» the FDA wrote.

Health Canada has told consumers to use expired EpiPens and call 911 in an emergency if they have nothing else.

Cosmopolitan reports that keeping an EpiPen on your person is good for emergencies.

What about EpiPens, the pricey emergency injectors people with severe allergies carry as a precaution?

NEW YORK Mylan N.V.'s emergency allergy antidote EpiPen is in short supply in Canada and Britain, but remains available in the United States, the treatment's manufacturer said on Friday.

NEW YORK (AP)-- Saying she is «disappointed, saddened and deeply concerned» by the price hike of the EpiPen, actress Sarah Jessica Parker has cut ties with the company that makes the emergency allergy treatment.

In fact, Mylan had recently started a major lobbying effort to encourage schools to stock EpiPens by arguing that people with serious food allergies are always at risk, and that EpiPens were a necessary supplement to emergency medical treatment.

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Peanut allergy is the most common cause of food - induced anaphylaxis, a medical emergency that requires treatment with an epinephrine (adrenaline) injector (EpiPen, Auvi - Q, Twinject) and a trip to the emergency room.

In this age of rising food allergies and peanut - free schools, I'd long assumed that all school nurses around the country must have EpiPens on hand in case of emergency.

That is to say, if the nurse has an EpiPen belonging to another child, technically he or she is not supposed to administer it to a different child — even in an emergency.

EpiPens are used in emergencies to treat severe allergic reactions to insect bites and foods including nuts that can lead to anaphylactic shock.

Emergency medical technicians will now draw out the drug and inject it rather than using the EpiPens which are spring - loaded injection tools.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)-- The state attorney general's office is investigating whether Mylan Pharmaceuticals unfairly limited competition for its emergency allergy treatment EpiPen, which has been criticized for steep price increases.

The state attorney general's office is investigating whether Mylan Pharmaceuticals unfairly limited competition for its emergency allergy treatment EpiPen, which has been criticized for steep price increases.

MONDAY, Aug. 29, 2016 — A cheaper generic version of the emergency allergy treatment EpiPen will be made available within the next few weeks, manufacturer Mylan said Monday.

Those suffering its effects typically must carry an EpiPen for emergency treatment of anaphylaxis.

Amy was on her way within minutes, Epipen and Benadryl in hand, to get Michelle to the emergency room.