Thursday, September 1, 2016

You can be the one to jack up EpiPen prices in a new game

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Want to raise the price of EpiPens? Now you can make it happen. 


A new computer game lets you be Heather Bresch, the CEO of the pharmaceutical company Mylan, which came under fire recently for its systematic hikes to EpiPen prices. 


The satirical game is from GOP Arcade, a site that makes games tied into politics and news. 




Image: SCREENSHOT/EPIPEN TYCOON



In EpiPen Tycoon, you, as Bresch, have to raise the price of the EpiPen to get the highest salary possible. 


Depending on what you do to the price, outrage either grows among the public or among your investors. To stop public outrage, you can deploy handy options like “Call Senator (Dad).” (Bresch’s father is West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin.)  Read more…


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You can be the one to jack up EpiPen prices in a new game

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