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- Author(s): Lyon, Jeff
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JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association; 10/11/2016, Vol. 316 Issue 14, p1439-1439, 1p
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The article reports that medical equipment firm Mylan has been criticized for increasing the price of its EpiPen, which is used to deliver epinephrine by injection to people with anaphylatic reactions. Topics covered include views from Democratic Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar on the price increase, recommendation of the Senate Appropriations Committee for the National Library of Medicine to receive an increase in funding in 2017, and an increase in the product's cost by 400 percent.
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