EpiPen

[grouchy]

Any thoughts?

[Red Oak]

I keep one on hand in case of killer bee attacks etc.

[ralph]

think that its for bug bites , bees and others , probably is worth while if one is allergic .

[planosteve]

I think Grouchy is referring to the skyrocketing price, not the efficacy.

[grouchy]

I think Grouchy is referring to the skyrocketing price, not the efficacy.

You are correct.

[ralph]

seems to me that if you want something then you buy it or do without . I've been stung by bees maybe 10 , 15 times and wasps 1-2 times . Never needed an epipen .

[planosteve]

Charging hundreds of dollars for something that only costs $1 is only possible when the govt. grants them a monopoly.

[ralph]

lots of stuff like that , can a 'cope' used to be 35 cents and a pack a Camels was 30 cents . Rising costs and government mandated taxes raised prices .

[LibraryLady2]

Executives who have no shame...or moral decency.

[BigTex]

Wasn't Obamacare going to fix this?

[ralph]

private company i think its the businesses leaders jobs to maximize profits . Gotta keep the owners and shareholders , investors happy with profit . ---------------- i think that thats how Capitalism works .

[planosteve]

private company i think its the businesses leaders jobs to maximize profits . Gotta keep the owners and shareholders , investors happy with profit . ---------------- i think that thats how Capitalism works .

Govt. enforced monopolies has nothing to do with capitalism.

[grouchy]

Indecent.

[ralph]

all I know is that some stuff is expensive due to mandated taxes on items like like cigs and tobacco. People even cry when bottled water gets expensive in earthquake zones . Looks like epipen can be added to the list of expensive items PSteve .

[ralph]

some info on 'epipen' costs . --- http://www.howmuchisit.org/how-much-doe ... ipen-cost/ ===

[ralph]

some info on 'epipen' costs . --- http://www.howmuchisit.org/how-much-doe ... ipen-cost/ ===

[GFB]

private company i think its the businesses leaders jobs to maximize profits . Gotta keep the owners and shareholders , investors happy with profit . ---------------- i think that thats how Capitalism works .

Govt. enforced monopolies has nothing to do with capitalism.

Planosteve..lurching uncontrollably into the truth.

[ralph]

as already mentioned , with Obamacare shouldn't everything be ok . And looking around on the web I see prices of 80 bucks [more or less] for a twin pack which doesn't seem all that bad to me .

[John in Plano]

Mylan has a patent on the injector pen. Teva failed this year to get approved, someone else pulled theirs last year (dosage issue iirc).

I gotta wonder what makes that injector/patent so dang hard to beat.


500% price increase over the last 7 or so years is good for the shareholders...not good for people who have to have the product, my sister does

[ralph]

it is an issue coming up on FOX business with Varney and John Stossel , topic is mentioned as being profit versus morality .