[P-Marlowe]

$600 to $300 is still a major profit. Major profit.

OMG! Profits!!!

How evil of a company to attempt to make a "profit."

These companies should be punished for being greedy.

It's just downright un-American for a company to make a profit in these socialistic times.

The Epi Pen should be free to everyone who needs it.

[encm(ss)]

From $100 to $600 is x6.
From $100 to $300 is still x3. More than enough profit.

[wtd]

There's more to the story, try to keep up. The price of the actual drug, Epinephrine, remains stable. Competition for the auto-injection delivery of epinephrine dissipated in recent months while simultaneously Mylan, the sole company offering this auto-injector lobbied the govt to have schools keep 'their' product on hand at taxpayer expense. The prescribed units costed $57 in 2007 with minor increases in price till 2015 when they suddenly pushed the price to $600 The CEO of Mylan is the daughter of Senator Manchin.

Why mention Manchin?

• Politico 7/14/2016: Sen. Manchin says he's out of Dem convention, then jumps back in

  Coincidentally, the controversy over the sudden increase in cost for the EpiPen exploded at the same time.

[flamberge]

How evil of a company to attempt to make a "profit."

When it is a Government-protected monopoly obtained through corrupt political connections, - yes, the very existence of the company is evil.

The EpiPen has about $7 per unit of direct manufacturing costs. In a truly free-market economy there would be several companies making them and the retail cost per unit would probably be $40-$60.

And BTW, the device was developed by a different company under a US-Military-funded program. What we have here is socialized costs and privatized profits.

Evil.

[Neoliberalnot]

$600 to $300 is still a major profit. Major profit.
OMG! Profits!!!

How evil of a company to attempt to make a “profit.”

These companies should be punished for being greedy.

It’s just downright un-American for a company to make a profit in these socialistic times.

The Epi Pen should be free to everyone who needs it. “”

Good points. Second point is, no one is forcing users to buy them. Did someone, like the IRS hold a gun to your head and force users to buy these?