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It will be available within the next several weeks. Mylan CEO Heather Bresch called her company\u2019s move \u201can extraordinary commercial response\u201d to patient anger and frustration over the rising cost of EpiPen. Last week, the drug maker had offered discounts on the shots for lower-income patients and triggered further anger. The company was widely criticized by parents and right-minded citizens following the latest price rises, which amounted to more than 400 percent over the past 10 years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mylan was assaulted by petitions from ordinary citizens when it doubled the price on a drug that is indispensable for people who suffer from severe allergies. \u00a0The pharmaceutical company that makes the expensive, life-saving EpiPen\u2014an auto-injector that comes preloaded with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/activism-in-us-brings-down-drug-price\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-finance"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mylan was assaulted by petitions from ordinary citizens when it doubled the price on a drug that is indispensable for people who suffer from severe allergies. 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