US FDA's Generic Research May Include EpiPen And Competitors

Agency wants to acquire Auvi-Q and authorized generics for EpiPen and Adrenaclick, potentially for research on whether user interface affects substitutability.

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The US FDA is looking to purchase a generic EpiPen and competing epinephrine products for testing in its labs, potentially to try to determine how competition for it and other combination products could enter the market.

Authorized generics for Mylan NV's EpiPen (epinephrine intramuscular injection) and Impax Laboratories Inc.'s Adrenaclick (epinephrine subcutaneous injection), as...

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