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BTIG Affirms Mylan (MYL) at 'Buy'; Generic EpiPen Highlights Challenges to U.S. Healthcare System

August 29, 2016 2:22 PM EDT

BTIG affirms Mylan (Nasdaq: MYL) with a Buy rating and $60 price target as the company moves to release a generic EpiPen.

Analyst Timothy Chiang commented today, While Mylan has dealt with much criticism from the media and politicians, we believe the measures the company has announced... More

Mylan to launch generic EpiPen at half the price of original

August 29, 2016 6:28 AM EDT

By Ankur Banerjee and Ransdell Pierson

(Reuters) - Mylan NV (NASDAQ: MYL) said it would launch the first generic version of its allergy auto-injector EpiPen for $300, half the price of the branded product, the drugmaker's second step in less than a week to counter the backlash over the product's steep price.

The company reduced the out-of-pocket costs of EpiPen for some patients on Thursday, but kept the list price at about $600, a move that U.S. lawmakers and Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said was not enough. EpiPen cost about $100 in 2008.

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