Report: Mylan may have overcharged US by $1.3B for EpiPen

Mylan (NSDQ:MYL) shares dipped slightly in mid-afternoon trading today after Sen. Chuck Grassley’s (R-Iowa) office released a Health and Human Services estimate claiming that taxpayers overpaid by as much as $1.27 billion for Mylan’s EpiPen device from 2006 to 2016.

The charges stem from Mylan’s decision to classify the emergency allergy auto-injector as a generic, instead of a branded product under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program. Misclassifying the device allowed the company to pay the government a 13% rebate instead of a 23% rebate. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services repeatedly warned Mylan that the device was wrongly classified, but the company didn’t take action.

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