Sentences with phrase «injector epipen»

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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 U.S. market is the most lucrative for EpiPen, where a two - pack of the generic injectors retails for $ 300.

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.»

EpiPens deliver a potentially lifesaving dose of the generic drug epinephrine via an automatic injector.

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.

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

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 ®.

Perhaps you know someone with an allergy to bees who always carries an EpiPen ®, which is one of the most common brands of epinephrine injectors.

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.

The Syracuse Fire Department is making a change from using EpiPen auto - injectors to treat life - threatening allergic reactions.

«There are no purchase requirements for participation in the program, nor have there ever been to receive free EpiPen auto - injectors.»

«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.

Autoinjectors (such as the brand name injector is EpiPen) should be carried by people at high risk as a safety precaution.

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.

Insulin and insulin - loaded dispensing products (vials, jet injectors, biojectors, epipens, infusers and preloaded syringes)