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> corporate greed Can we please give blame where it's due? http://slatestarcodex.com/2016/08/29/reverse-voxsplaining-drugs-vs-chairs/ http://slatestarcodex.com

• maxerickson 10y ago
  Generic Adrenaclick is $145. Maybe some of the rest of the $455 difference can be explained by regulation, but a lot of it comes down to Mylan choosing to price the drug that way. You can also look at Mylan offering $300 coupons to consumers to get them to utilize their insurance. Maybe they are just incredibly generous, but it's more likely that they are happy to net the $300 from the insurance (in other words, they profit at $300).
  • wyager 10y ago
    > a lot of it comes down to Mylan choosing to price the drug that way. Because the FDA is killing off any competitors. Did you read the link?
    • maxerickson 10y ago
      I mention a competitor in the first sentence of my comment! Feel free to complain about the substitution rules surrounding Epipen prescriptions, but it's clearly a competitor in the sense you invoke with killing off any competitors. It's the same dose of the same drug intended for use in the same situations.