Posted on 09/20/2016 4:25:52 PM PDT by buckalfa
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The highly anticipated trip to Capitol Hill for Mylan CEO Heather Bresch, a Marion County native and daughter of U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) who has been under fire for rapid hikes in EpiPen prices, comes this week.
Bresch, who lead Mylan’s lobbying efforts to expand the usage of EpiPens which can reverse potentially fatal allergic reactions, was scheduled to testify in front of the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on Wednesday.
Prices of EpiPens have climbed by more than 400 percent since 2007 to upwards of $600 for a two-pack.
On Tuesday, the West Virginia Attorney General’s Office filed a court petition in an attempt to force Mylan to respond to the state’s subpoena for information as part of a state-level investigation into possible antitrust issues within Mylan along with questions about Medicaid rebate rates.
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CEO is guilty of political, Thanks Dad, opportunism
King County (WA) paramedics develop EpiPen alternative - for a fraction of the cost. Each county-produced Epi Kit costs between $15 and $20, and includes alcohol wipes, two syringes, and a dose of adrenaline.
According to the NIH, even though liquid adrenaline is supposed to be stored between 2C and 8C (36F and 46F), it can be stored as high as 34C (90F) for as long as four weeks with no loss of quality or change in pH.
Thus, if you can get a prescription for emergency adrenaline, and syringes, you should be able to assemble your own equivalent to an epi-pen.
ELECTIONS!!!
Just another scumbag politician looking for positive press. This didn’t start just yesterday. Where the hell was he for the last couple of years on this? He was more than happy with the Fed. Gov’t. grant money that this scam brought in as were many, if not all, other states. Now that it’s a ‘cause célèbre’ he’s gonna be all over it like white on rice.
R or D they’re all crooks, impotent PsOS without the schmooze, the smirk, the greased palm and the knife in the back.
There’s a reason they’re called “POLITICIANS”
You are right, ALL of these cretins are money/power hungry leeches. It's all become one giant fraud.
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