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Mylan CEO Faces Questions Over EpiPen Price Surge

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Mylan Inc., which makes EpiPen, has come under fire from consumers and lawmakers for the price that it is currently charging. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Mylan Inc., which makes EpiPen, has come under fire from consumers and lawmakers for the price that it is currently charging. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Lawmakers in the House and Senate are introducing a bill today that would force drug makers to justify price hikes of more than 10 percent.

The move follows the disclosure this summer that Mylan's life-saving EpiPen now costs more than $600, six times higher than the price when the company acquired the drug in 2007. Mylan CEO Heather Bresch will testify on Capitol Hill next week.

Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson speaks with business journalist Ali Velshi about what may come from Congress on this issue.

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Ali Velshi, business journalist. He tweets @AliVelshi.

This segment aired on September 15, 2016.

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