Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 May 2019
Cost of EpiPens putting children at risk, specialists say
19 May 2019 - Children with life-threatening allergies whose families cannot afford to pay for EpiPen auto-injectors are at serious risk, say specialists.
Life-saving EpiPens - filled with adrenalin to treat anaphylactic shock - cost more than $150 each and expire after 12 months.
Dr Maia Brewerton, chair of the Clinical Immunology and Allergy Group, said there was huge hardship for families living with allergies, particularly the cost of the EpiPen.
