Sentences with phrase «epipen patients»

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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.

«You failed to thoroughly investigate multiple serious component and product failures for your EpiPen products, including failures associated with patient deaths and severe illness,» the warning read.

The PR fiasco forced the company to buttress its own patient assistance and rebate programs for the EpiPen and to introduce an authorized generic version of the device at half the price.

The generic drug company tripled the discount patients can receive on the cost of EpiPen to $ 300, up from the maximum $ 100 Mylan had previously offered with the use of its special «savings card.»

That means patients who were paying EpiPen's full $ 608 list price (for a package of two) can now get the epinephrine injection device, which is used to treat a potentially fatal allergic reaction known as anaphylaxis, for about half as much.

That could have a domino effect on the other middlemen between Mylan and the patient, such as drug distributors, pharmacy benefit managers, and pharmacies, who might also have to settle for less revenue per EpiPen sale.

Mylan's (myl) EpiPen's price has ballooned about 400 % since 2008, rising from about a $ 100 list price to $ 500 today (many patients are offered a $ 100 coupon for the injecting device, but it's often not enough to cover costs for American families, especially those who have health insurance with high deductibles).

Clinton went on to reiterate her position that drug price hikes should be linked with better patient outcomes and demonstrated improvements in value, and demanded that Mylan «immediately reduce the price of EpiPens.»

In a statement Monday, Mylan says it has tried to make EpiPen accessible and affordable to people who really need it, offering rebate cards that allowed 80 % of patients with commercial insurance to get the product for free last year.

While the drug maker has responded to the massive backlash over its extravagant price increase on the device by boosting its patient assistance programs and introducing an authorized generic EpiPen version at half the cost, CVS» topline price will still be significantly cheaper.

And on Thursday, Mylan expanded its discount program, offering up to $ 300 off the cost of EpiPen with the use of a special «savings card,» thereby reducing the price for patients paying out - of - pocket by half, the company said.

Mylan has defended its EpiPen pricing by pointing to patient assistance programs and coupons that reduce the device's cost.

She said that employers» increased use of high - deductible plans, one of the side - effects of the law, has resulted in patients paying more out of pocket for the drug, and that's «where you're seeing a lot of noise around EpiPen.»

A lot of that growth came from increasing EpiPen prescriptions as the product became more mainstream: In the first seven years Mylan owned EpiPen, the number of patients using it grew 67 %, according to Bloomberg.

This company reduced the out - of - pocket costs of EpiPen for some patients last week amid a wave of criticism from lawmakers and the public over the rapid escalation in the product's price in the past few years.

Mylan: Deeply committed to ensuring EpiPen access with patient assistance programs.

Noting that Mylan had sought legislation to increase the number of patients who receive prescriptions for EpiPens, Rep. Mick Mulvaney, R-S.C.

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.

There is much outrage over the increase in EpiPen pricing from the internet as well as from the patients that need the life - saving medication.

While it's necessary to understand the bigger picture issues behind scandals, like EpiPen and the outbreak in opioid usage, it's also crucial to remember patients whose lives have changed thanks to hardworking medical sales reps.