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The health care industry is taking a stand against the maker of EpiPen

Dan Gorenstein Jan 13, 2017
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The health care industry is taking a stand against the maker of EpiPen

Dan Gorenstein Jan 13, 2017
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As we all know, the maker of EpiPen, Mylan, has engaged in price gouging. But this week, the larger health care industry sent a strong message that they are not going to stand for it. On Wednesday, Cigna announced it would only cover the generic version of EpiPen. On Thursday, CVS announced a deal with an EpiPen competitor that could hurt Mylan’s generic sales. It’s a strange and unusual kind of pushback. The kind we rarely see in the health care industry.

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