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It's not a monopoly. There have been and continue to be other epinephrine auto-injectors from competitors.
by forrestthewoods 10y ago
It's not a monopoly. There have been and continue to be other epinephrine auto-injectors from competitors.
- ch4s3 10y agoHave been, but what else is on the market right now in the US? Why is that? Its not for lack of demand.
- Animats 10y agoHere's pricing info in the UK.[1] (Via a proxy site, because HM Government doesn't like access to their pricing data from outside the UK.) EpiPen® Auto-injector 0.3 mg (delivering a single dose of adrenaline 300 micrograms), adrenaline 1 mg/mL (1 in 1000), net price: 2-mL auto-injector device = £26.45 2 × 2-mL auto-injector device = £52.90 This is the same product from the same vendor as in the US. [1] https://www.justproxy.co.uk/index.php?q=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5ldmlkZW5jZS5uaHMudWsvZm9ybXVsYXJ5L2JuZi9jdXJyZW50LzMtcmVzcGlyYXRvcnktc3lzdGVtLzM0LWFudGloaXN0YW1pbmVzLWh5cG9zZW5zaXRpc2F0aW9uLWFuZC1hbGxlcmdpYy1lbWVyZ2VuY2llcy8zNDMtYWxsZXJnaWMtZW1lcmdlbmNpZXMvYW5hcGh5bGF4aXMvYWRyZW5hbGluZWVwaW5lcGhyaW5lL2ludHJhbXVzY3VsYXItaW5qZWN0aW9uLWZvci1zZWxmLWFkbWluaXN0cmF0aW9uL2VwaXBlbg%3D%3D&hl=2ed https://www.justproxy.co.uk/index.php?q=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5ldmlk...
- chrismcb 10y agoThe Fda approval favors mylan, making it difficult for others to compete
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- forrestthewoods 10y agoWhat does that mean? FDA has approved equivalent products.
- maxerickson 10y agoAdrenaclick and generic versions of it. It's not a direct substitute, it can't be dispensed to fill an Epipen prescription, but it is the same drug, the same dose, and for the same purpose (emergency administration of epinephrine by lightly trained persons). http://www.goodrx.com/adrenaclick http://www.goodrx.com/adrenaclick
- angersock 10y agoIf it is the same drug, dose, and usage I must profess a bit of confusion as to what could possibly be preventing it from being a direct substitute.
- maxerickson 10y agoIt's the same purpose, not the same usage. The administration is slightly different, the Adrenaclick injector doesn't have quite as fancy a safety cap and should be held in the thigh for longer. https://www.epipen.com/about-epipen/how-to-use-epipen https://www.epipen.com/about-epipen/how-to-use-epipen http://adrenaclick.com/how_to_use_adrenaclick_epinephrine_injection_USP_auto_injector.php http://adrenaclick.com/how_to_use_adrenaclick_epinephrine_in... I think there is a legitimate concern about the usage being different, but I'm not sure it should prevent it from being substituted.
- forrestthewoods 10y agoLack of education. Doctors write prescriptions for epipen. If they wrote "epinephrine auto-injector" then people could go to Wal-Mart and buy Adrenaclick. Perhaps the real problem is Adrenaclick isn't running enough TV commercials.
- BurningFrog 10y agoMany have tried to launch competing products, but the FDA had denied all but AdrenaClick. Thorough explanation and editorilizing here: http://slatestarcodex.com/2016/08/29/reverse-voxsplaining-drugs-vs-chairs/ http://slatestarcodex.com/2016/08/29/reverse-voxsplaining-dr...
- chrisbennet 10y agohttp://m.imgur.com/gallery/th6Ua http://m.imgur.com/gallery/th6Ua http://www.epinephrineautoinject.com/ http://www.epinephrineautoinject.com/