Sentences with phrase «treatment 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.

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.

Drug maker Mylan said it will offer a generic version of the life - saving allergy treatment EpiPen for half the list price of the brand - name treatment after it became the center of a national controversy over skyrocketing drug prices.

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.

Not exact matches

Last year's scandal over Mylan's 500 % price hike of the EpiPen, a potentially lifesaving allergy treatment, tarnished Bresch's reputation, but it didn't hurt her business as much as some expected.

Future tax credits could prove valuable to Mylan, which has seen sales of its flagship EpiPen allergy treatment sag after consumer outrage over the allergy treatment's $ 600 list price.

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.

The price of the EpiPen has soared 500 % since generic drug company Mylan (myl) bought the treatment nine years ago.

What's more, Bresch, citing the roughly $ 600 wholesale cost, added that when you look at other treatments, the EpiPen does not fall into the category of «an expensive product.»

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.

The commercial also suggested that an EpiPen was a sufficient treatment on its own.

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.

He likened the treatment to other livesaving interventions, such as knowing how to perform CPR or use an EpiPen.

EpiPens save lives, but the available long - term treatments offer mixed results to those exhausted by an allergy to mold or the annual release of pollen.

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