Dems want antitrust probe of EpiPen maker

Published September 6, 2016 5:03pm ET



Two Democratic lawmakers are calling on the Federal Trade Commission to investigate if Mylan Pharmaceuticals violated antitrust laws to make sure that EpiPen dominated the market for the life-saving allergy drug.

Sens. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and and Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota wrote a letter on Tuesday to FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez charging that the contract for Mylan’s “EpiPen4Schools” discount program required some schools to sign a contract agreeing not to buy any products from competitors for a year, which is “conduct that can violate the antitrust laws when taken by a monopolist.”

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