Epinephrine, is a basic formulary drug that is cheap and easy to produce. The vial of medication within the EpiPen costs around 60 cents to one Dollar, for the basic formulary drug that has a shelf life of around one year (Tuffyjon,2016). The reason for the increase in cost over the past few years from around $99 per pen to over $600 for two pens is that there is a lack of competition to challenge said prices. In the congressional hearing, Mylan CEO Heather Bresch testifies that the main cost of the pen comes from other factors other like distribution and other Factors that make it seem like the money vanishes into thin air (2016). There are two brands of Epinephrine available in the United States, Adrenaclick and EpiPen, Adrenaclick is
