Lawmakers from both parties repeatedly pointed out how Bresch’s salary had risen even faster than the price of the EpiPen. A protest against high drug prices is held outside the USC School of Pharmacy. “Yet another drug company, Mylan, has jacked up the price of a lifesaving product for no discernible reason,” Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) The EpiPen device automatically injects a drug called epinephrine, which reverses potentially deadly allergic reactions. Lawmakers said Wednesday that they believed the device held only about $1 worth of epinephrine.

Source: Los Angeles Times September 21, 2016 21:38 UTC