As a competitor encroached, mylan took one state to court to push epipen sales, documents show


As a competitor encroached, mylan took one state to court to push epipen sales, documents show

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The pharmaceutical company Mylan has developed a reputation for fighting tooth-and-nail to promote its flagship product, the EpiPen. Mylan has contended that its intensive marketing efforts


save lives. But over the past year, the public has started to question whether the company’s business tactics are in line with the best interests of patients. Now STAT has learned of yet


another previously unreported legal maneuver employed by the company to force one state to drive even more sales to its EpiPen, an epinephrine auto-injector used to halt potentially


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