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Mylan Could Get Out Of EpiPen Price Backlash With A Little Contrition, Analyst Says

 
• By Donna Young

Mylan CEO Heather Bresch may have done her company little favors by arguing it couldn't reduce EpiPen's price, with one analyst telling the firm it needs to get a little contrition and acknowledge its decision to raise the medicine's cost.

Mylan NV CEO Heather Bresch blamed a US health care system that lacks transparency and incentivizes high drug prices for the backlash the company is facing over the high cost of its emergency allergic reaction medicine EpiPen (epinephrine), whose list price has gone up 500% since 2009.

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