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Then why blame Mylan for "greed". I would do exact same thing so would almost 99.99% people out there. The patent and FDA is a problem not Mylan.

• projektir 10y ago
  There are lots of people out there who are not driven purely by greed, stop projecting.
  • tn13 10y ago
    Surely those people can pool money and help pay for EpiPen patients. I dont see many of hem coming forward either.
    • smsm42 10y ago
      That assumes they are for sale, are you sure they are? Given how profitable the manufacture of EpiPen's is, wouldn't buying such a patent be hugely expensive?
      • projektir 10y ago
        I think he did mean patients, that is, to prove that one is not greedy, one absolutely has to pay for someone else's EpiPen.
        • smsm42 10y ago
          Ah, sorry, misread that. That would probably not very effective as the prices would only rise to accommodate the influx of new money.
• smsm42 10y ago
  Well, I didn't :) As I noted in my other comment, high costs of patent medicine is an intentional feature of US medical system, but of course this system is prone to abuse and one can argue Mylan has crossed the line to abuse. FDA is a different aspect, also causing high price, and also intentional, but under the guise of "safety" - to the point that drugs and devices long approved and used in other countries are not allowed in the US, as if in US people have different physiology. This is what US citizens are paying for "better safe than sorry" - they are a tiny bit safer, but a lot more sorry for the high costs.