New Pharma Bros Strike: This time it's the EpiPen. . . Up 450%, from $50 to $600 for a 2-pack.

[Ms. Toad]

41. It's unconscionable, but try this:

https://www.epipen.com/copay-offer/

I got into a big fight with the pharmacist, who refused to substitute a generic (pharma nonsense keeps a bio-available equivalent from being treated as a generic because of the delivery mechanism), before I found the coupon for my daughter.

Turns out her allergist had given her one, but she didn't understand what it was. . . . gee, I wonder where her allergist got the coupon from, and why he insisted that she carry epipens for her desensitization therapy in the first place (since she's never - even at the testing phase - come close to needing it). (My personal opinion is that any allergist engaging in desensitisation therapy should keep a supply on hand for administration during the mandatory 20 minute waiting period, rather than demanding that each of his patients carry one (now 2) with them at a throw-away cost of $600 per pair every year or so. If they're used - charge them to the patient, just like they do everything else they keep on hand and charge as used.)