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Thursday, January 12, 2017

Bee Sting Allergy or Guava Allergy or any other kind requires quick action with epinephrine before the patients throat closes up...

From the anti greed files:
 

Pharmaceutical giant CVS announced Thursday that it has partnered with Impax Laboratories to sell a generic epinephrine auto-injector for $109.99 for a two-pack -- a dramatic cut from Mylan's Epipen two-pack prices, which list for more than $600 as a brand name and $300 as a generic.

 

 The lower-cost auto-injector, a generic form of Adrenaclick, is available starting today nationwide in the company's more than 9,600 pharmacies.

 Its price resembles that of EpiPen's before Mylan bought the rights to the life-saving devices back in 2007 and raised the price repeatedly, sparking outcry.

 Helena Foulkes, president of CVS Pharmacy, said the company felt compelled to respond to the urgent need for a more affordable alternative. 

"Over the past year, nearly 150,000 people signed on to a petition asking for a lower-cost epinephrine auto-injector option and millions more were active in social media searching for a solution," she said in a statement. 

The price of $109.99 for the alternative applies to those with and without insurance, CVS noted. 

And Impax is also offering a coupon to reduce the cost to just $9.99 for qualifying patients.

 Also in the press statement, Dr. Todd Listwa of Novant Health, a network of healthcare providers, noted the importance of access to epinephrine auto-injectors, which swiftly reverse rapid-onset, deadly allergic reactions in some.

 "For these patients, having access to emergency epinephrine is a necessity. 

Making an affordable epinephrine auto-injector device accessible to patients will ensure patients have the medicine they need, when they need it."

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