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> Enteprising folks need to jump on this to sell this as a kit (w/ or w/o the medication). Unfortunately, that's a real great way to get shut down by the FDA.
by chillacy 10y ago
> Enteprising folks need to jump on this to sell this as a kit (w/ or w/o the medication).
Unfortunately, that's a real great way to get shut down by the FDA. Medical devices are after all subject to regulation. Others have tried making their own epipens too, but they all keep running into the slow approval process and unfavorable laws protecting Epipen: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/fda-partly-to-blame-in-epipen-price-debacle/article/2600315 http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/fda-partly-to-blame-in-epi...
Also as we know from value based pricing, things aren't priced based on unit costs (otherwise all software should be essentially free, and the software industry is the greediest industry on earth), but rather what customers will pay. And when there are no alternatives, you get to set the price.