The EpiPen and Food Allergies (from Drug Story)
About this episode
This episode discusses the EpiPen, its significance for severe allergies, and the issues surrounding pharmaceutical pricing.
Hey, first! We’re looking for your help. Can you take a couple minutes and fill out our Audience Survey ? We’re dying to know more about the community that’s using this show — and about what’s working for you and what you’d like to see. Let us know! Today we’re switching it up. We’re sharing an episode from the new podcast Drug Story . In each episode, science journalist and self-described “public health nerd” Thomas Goetz goes deep on the story of a single drug — what it treats, how it came to be, and what it reveals about the business of health and disease. On this episode: the EpiPen, a device you’ll find in classrooms, on airplanes, in glove compartments — basically everywhere — because the EpiPen can be a literal life-saver for people with severe allergies. And of course, the EpiPen is also one of the most infamous examples of pharmaceutical profiteering gone bananas. That part of the story makes us especially geeked to share this episode. And there are more threads here — on the drug’s discovery, on the science of severe food allergies, and on what…
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