Generic Glucagon for $200, Where ' s the Savings? Get it for $5...WITH a coupon

In December 2020, the U.S. FDA approved several long-delayed generic versions of traditional mix-and-inject form of glucagon emergency kits. Among them were from Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. of Rancho Cucamonga, CA https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/12/29/2151177/0/en/Amphastar-Announces-Approval-for-Glucagon-for-Injection-Kit-1mg.html which was the very first, followed by another from Fresenius Kabi USA based in Lake Zurich, IL (in suburban Chicago, the parent company is based in Germany)https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200205005106/en/Fresenius-Kabi-Introduces-Glucagon-Emergency-Medicine-Kit. I have to presume there are now several more generics besides those products without the cumbersome visit to the FDA orange book.The FDA decisions on glucagon were a very long-overdue move to lower prices, rather than innovating on glucagon, which has traditionally been a very cumbersome and inconvenient treatment. Given a choice, most patients or caregivers would prefer the newer glucagon autoinjector hypopens fromXeris orZealand Pharma which are far more convenient for caregivers to use (and let ' s face it, by the time patients need glucagon, they usually can ' t give it to themselves).FDA ' s own research proves that greater competition among generic drug makers is associated with lower overall generic drug prices. For products with a single generic producer, the generic Average Manufacturer Prices (AMP) reported to the Centers for Medicare and Med...
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