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In response to "Question: How can a generic version of a product be different from the name brand if it's made by the same company? Epi-pen. -- nm" by Meg

I have no idea. And I'm still a patent lawyer.

Posted by ReluctantCynic (aka ReluctantCynic) Aug 29 '16, 17:01

Normally, I'd say that the generic version included a generic version of the drug, something along the lines of a Viagra®‎ pill versus a sildenafil citrate pill. Viagra®‎ is just the brand name for "sildenafil citrate". They're the same drug, just a brand name versus a generic.

But the drug here is epinephrine. It's the same drug in the EpiPen® auto-injector and the generic auto-injector.

So ... I don't really understand why Mylan is coming out with a "generic"EpiPen®

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partial explanation sorta -- (link) - . Aug 29, 17:12 2
- That addresses their previously announced discount but not the generic they announced today. -- nm - Meg Aug 29, 17:20 1
  - hence the hedging, but I think the requirements that schools have them is one reason - . Aug 29, 17:27

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