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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given Pfizer's (pfe) Meridian Medical Technologies unit a warning over multiple violations at the Brentwood, Mo. manufacturing plant where it makes EpiPen products for Mylan (myl).

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.

In fact, prior to the recent price hike backlash, Mylan was looking to make the EpiPen more expensive.

«Mylan has spent billions of dollars making EpiPen a household name synonymous with epinephrine, but there are lesser - known products such as generic Adrenaclick, which can be purchased for approximately $ 140 for a two - pack,» said Senate Health Committee Chairman Kemp Hannon, a Long Island Republican.

Not exact matches

Another EpiPen alternative, Kaleo's Auvi - Q, is set to make a return to the U.S. market within the next six months.

To make a somewhat long story short, when Mylan raised the price of the EpiPen, they went from a company quelling fear to a company instilling fear.

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.»

Slavitt said EpiPen has patent protection, has no Food and Drug Administration - approved equivalents, and was approved by that agency under a «new drug application,» all of which make it a brand - name drug.

According to filings, Coury made roughly $ 98 million in 2016, the same year in which the company faced criticism for the price of the EpiPen and the stock fell by almost 30 %, according to company filings.

There are two main parts to the investigation: 1) whether or not Mylan engaged in «product hopping,» or making small tweaks to the EpiPen in order to preserve IP protection; and 2) whether or not the pharma giant entered into certain agreements that stalled the entry of cheaper generics into the market.

After all, Mylan acquired the EpiPen from another company, and while Bresch insists that significant improvements have been made to the epinephrine - delivering product itself, she also admitted on Thursday that a big part of the price increase rationale was to fund marketing and awareness efforts for the device.

Inside Mylan, executives including Bresch all refer to EpiPen as her «baby»: It's Mylan's first billion - dollar drug, reaching $ 1 billion in annual sales in 2014 and 2015 — making it what the pharmaceutical industry calls a «blockbuster.»

At the time, EpiPen was making less than $ 250 million in sales.

Still, Mylan made no promises to lower the list price of EpiPen, or to refrain from future price hikes.

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.

If your child has a food allergy, be sure to teach him how to identify and avoid foods that he should avoid, and make sure that he always has an EpiPen available in case he has a serious allergic reaction.

Many school cafeterias have students on work / study working in the cafeteria and this can make training about food allergies and EpiPens more difficult.

How you can help: Make a plan with your child for where things like an EpiPen will be.

He's questioning sudden price hikes in EpiPens and Narcan, made by companies with a corner on their markets.

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

Our fast - acting (and highly allergic) nurse rushed out of the room and made it to her EpiPen in time.

Naltrexone needs to be made readily available in the medicine kits of the families and friends of anyone with an opioid addiction disorder, Ciccarone said, adding, «It needs to be this generation's EpiPen.»

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.

It's also a bad idea to keep your EpiPen in the car, where it can be exposed to temperature extremes that make it less effective.

If you need to carry an EpiPen (an auotinjector) because you're at high risk of a serious allergic reaction, check every year to make sure its expiration date hasn't passed, and replace it if it has, Dr. Rosenstreich says.

Epinephrine can also be easily damaged by light and heat, so a DIY kit would have to be prepared and carried very carefully, and refilled more often than an EpiPen, in order to make sure the medicine doesn't become ineffective.