FDA slams EpiPen maker for doing nothing while hundreds failed, people died
Source: Ars Technica
The manufacturer of EpiPen devices failed to address known malfunctions in its epinephrine auto-injectors even as hundreds of customer complaints rolled in and failures were linked to deaths, according to the Food and Drug Administration.
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The damning allegations came to light today when the FDA posted a warning letter it sent September 5 to the manufacturer, Meridian Medical Technologies, Inc. The company (which is owned by Pfizer) produces EpiPens for Mylan, which owns the devices and is notorious for dramatically raising prices by more than 400 percent in recent years.
The auto-injectors are designed to be used during life-threatening allergic reactions to provide a quick shot of epinephrine. If they fail to fire, people experiencing a reaction can die or suffer serious illnesses. According to the FDA, that’s exactly what happened for hundreds of customers.
In the letter, the agency wrote:
In fact, your own data show that you received hundreds of complaints that your EpiPen products failed to operate during life-threatening emergencies, including some situations in which patients subsequently died.
Read more: https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/09/fda-slams-epipen-maker-for-doing-nothing-while-hundreds-failed-people-died/?comments=1&start=40
I want every one of these exec's / managers which ordered no inspections to be prosecuted for manslaughter.
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People like that never go to prison. Unless a billionaire dies from a bad epipen I wouldn't expect anything more than a fine.
that's what Republicans always say about the insane costs of American health care. Because it's so damn good!
...increasing stockholder value is your primary directive, period, end of story. I've seen this same thing during my own career. The cost of doing the right thing is always FAR smaller than the cost of getting jacked up by the FDA....and make no mistake, the FDA's enforcement operation will come down on them like an avalanche. But do these assholes ever learn? Of course not. 
They just get fired, move on somewhere else and start the same shit again.
The FDA and Justice need to start indicting, prosecuting and imprisoning those responsible instead of just threatening individual prosecuting, but not following through. Putting a massive financial crimp on a corporation only goes so far.
and not allow any products from their competitors. Because think of the children.
Assholes 
no , wait . trump would just pardon them
