Fifteen-year-old Alexi Stafford died of anaphylactic shock after unknowingly eating a peanut butter cookie, and two EpiPens failed to reopen her airways Julie Mazziotta is the Senior Sports Editor ...

This can cause the EpiPen to activate before it should, rendering it useless. Pfizer via the FDA The FDA issued an alert Tuesday after the manufacturer issued a letter the day before to healthcare ...

The EpiPen and EpiPen Jr. devices, which are commonly used to treat emergency allergic reactions, may have delayed injections or fail to inject properly due to design issues or improper ...

The manufacturer of EpiPen devices failed to address known malfunctions ... reactions to provide a quick shot of epinephrine. If they fail to fire, people experiencing a reaction can die or ...

Mylan, the drug company that created outrage with the dramatic price increase of the EpiPen, is on the defensive again. A new report shows a big rise in complaints about the device not working in ...

More precisely, the EpiPen could fail to function or could require additional force. If a person in need of a epinephrine injection doesn’t get the correct amount of the drug, their symptoms ...

The makers of the EpiPen failed to properly investigate more than 100 complaints that the device malfunctioned during life-threatening emergencies — including situations in which patients later ...

Four batches of life-saving anti-allergy EpiPens have been recalled because they may fail to activate or require increased force — with potentially deadly consequences. About 80,000 EpiPen 300 ...

When 15-year-old Alexi Stafford went into anaphylactic shock after unknowingly eating a peanut butter cookie, her parents tried using two EpiPens to reopen her airways. But their attempts were ...