[magicalist]

> The title could be rephrased as "Cheap guys risk the lives of thousands of people by promising savings of a few bucks". The problem is not with the "greedy corporations", but with the poorly dedigned legislation regarding intellectual property rights.

Ah, so let's all just stay in line until we fix patent law. That'll work out!

The problem here is some cheap guys risking the lives of thousands of people to make a few bucks. You say it was inevitable that a company would take advantage of this cash cow; I say it was inevitable someone was going to route around this cash cow.

I also feel like no one in this comment section has taken a first aid course before. Anyone who has spent time around some epipens would start questioning the price. The thing itself does not have to be a super precise device.

Meanwhile administering epinephrine is not a big deal. Really, any idiot can administer epinephrine, and probably do about as well as people do with epipens. I would personally recommend most people who need it keep a vial and some syringes around if they need to administer it to their kid, and an epipen only for the convenience of the form factor and only if they really need it. Most of the time you can get away with benadryl.

So, hack away, cheap guys. You'll likely help a few, help a few others discover they can get away with a super cheap vial, and demonstrate to quite a few more that the prices currently listed are ludicrous.