TY - JOUR AB - Biomedical Safety & Standards Concise, accurate news reports for medical device safety professionals BS&S FEATURE May 1, 2017 Volume 47 Instead of Trashing a $600 EpiPen, Some Number 8 Patients Get a Refill IN THIS ISSUE Recalls & Field Shefali Luthra Corrections—Class I The concern over soaring prescription drug prices continues to dominate LifePak 1000 headlines, attracting scrutiny from Capitol Hill and President Donald Trump, Defibrillator ..................... 57 who said during a January press conference that the industry was “getting Medtronic SynchroMed II away with murder.” Infusion System ................ 60 But some doctors—frustrated by what they see as unreasonable price tags Recalls & Field and political stagnation—are coming up with do-it-yourself solutions. Their Corrections—Class II efforts to bring down costs for their patients highlight the arbitrary and often GE Discovery MR450 needlessly exorbitant prices of drugs in the US, they say. MRI Scanner .................... 61 Siemens Linear One striking example is the response of Dr Cathleen London, a family Accelerators ...................... 61 doctor in Milbridge, Maine, to news that the pharmaceutical company Mylan Arrow Vascular Catheter had driven up the prices of its signature EpiPen, a branded autoinjecting device Introduction Kit ............... 61 containing a preset dose of epinephrine, TI - Arrow Vascular Catheter Introduction Kit JF - Biomedical Safety & Standards DO - 10.1097/01.BMSAS.0000516057.04647.73 DA - 2017-05-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wolters-kluwer-health/arrow-vascular-catheter-introduction-kit-tYYDbITXUi SP - 61 EP - 61 VL - 47 IS - 8 DP - DeepDyve ER -