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Yes, that's also the primary reason EpiPen can charge so much for their device. Their competitors' products were blocked / backlogged by the FDA.

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/09/01/49223579...



Well.....Theranos case tells us something else..THANK GOD FOR THE FDA!

Its not that easy :)


Isn't that throwing the baby out with the bathwater? Individual data points of a regulation being used for a corrupt end, doesn't mean the regulation is worthless and should be removed.


I didn't intend to suggest throwing out the FDA. I was just making a point that, like everything, it isn't perfect and can be improved.

The point that EpiPen was given temporary monopoly by the FDA was almost completely lost in most of the news stories I read. It's a facet of the story that I think is important, but left out.

To be an informed citizenry, we need to know all the angles and be able to filter the BS. Kudo's to NPR for bothering to get the full story.




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