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Epipens come in a grand total of 2 sizes to cover everyone from small children to very large adults, I feel like the precision of the dose isn't that important.

• a3n 10y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epinephrine_autoinjector#Society_and_culture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epinephrine_autoinjector#Socie... "Mylan's efforts to maintain its market dominance were aided when Sanofi's competing product was recalled in November 2015 and further when Teva's generic competitor was rejected by the FDA in March 2016.[76]" http://www.fiercepharma.com/sales-and-marketing/fda-swats-down-teva-s-epipen-copy-putting-mylan-cruise-control http://www.fiercepharma.com/sales-and-marketing/fda-swats-do... Yes, you can load a precise dose into a device, but the device has to actually work, reliably and consistently. This is apparently a hard problem, for at least two Epipen competitors. Since Epipen has no serious competitors for a device like this, they get to charge as much as they dare.
  • lostlogin 10y ago
    It's not so much that why get to charge that much, it's that they have chosen to. "Mylan, better health for a better world".
  • kalleboo 10y ago
    Plenty of competitors are approved in Europe, and we're not hearing stories of Europeans dropping dead from autoinjector failure.
    • AstralStorm 10y ago
      Pretty much someone either has impossible standards or palms have been greased at FDA.
  • balls187 10y ago
    > they get to charge as much as they dare. They get to charge as much as the market will bare.