"Pharma Bro" Martin Shkreli became one of the most notorious people in America for hiking the price of a rarely used life-saving drug by 4,000 percent in September of 2015.

And nearly a year later, dozens of reports are now coming out about how Mylan Pharmaceuticals hiked the price of the very common life-saving EpiPen by over 450% since Mylan bought EpiPen in 2007.

You've probably heard of EpiPens, and you probably know someone who needs to carry two around with them at all times, just in case they have a severe allergic reaction as a result of some everyday occurrence: for example, encountering a food product with peanuts or being stung by a bee.

ABC News reports that "The website Good Rx, … currently lists EpiPens as costing around $600 at multiple drug stores. In 2007, when Mylan Pharmaceuticals took over producing the drug from Merck, the cash price of the pens was about $50.".

And Bloomberg reports that the device only contains about $1 - ONE DOLLAR - worth of epinephrine.

But it's not the epinephrine that makes EpiPens unique, it’s the precision delivery system, the "Pen," that makes the product special.

And that delivery system really hasn't changed since 1977 when the EpiPen hit the market.

So why did the price jump up from $57 in 2007? Why are patients paying over $600 for two pens less than a decade later?

Because of the greed at Mylan Pharmaceuticals, plain and simple.

Cynthia Koons and Robert Langreth at Bloomberg wrote last year about "How Marketing Turned the EpiPen Into A Billion-Dollar Business."

The report details how Mylan bought EpiPen from Merck and then aggressively marketed the drug to concerned parents while increasing prices annually.

That strategy boosted the revenues from EpiPens by more than $1 BILLION, from $200 million in revenues in 2007, up to $1.2 BILLION in 2015.

That strategy worked so well for Mylan that by 2015, EpiPen represented 40% of Mylan's operating profits, according to ABR/Healthco estimates.

A report from NBC News shows that during that same period Mylan CEO Heather Bresch's total compensation increased from $2.5 million dollars to nearly $19 million dollars - a 671% increase!

Read more here.

-Thom

Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 7pm and 10pm... The Standing Rock Tribe Speaks Out (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT or Free Speech TV, and catch past shows on Youtube)

Tuesday's Daily Stack

Hour One: Are Millennials Going Libertarian?
- Mark Ames, Radio War Nerd Podcast/Pando Daily/Going Postal: Rage, Murder and Rebellion from Reagan's Workplaces to Clinton's Columbine and Beyond

Article: "The True History of Libertarianism in America: A Phony Ideology to Promote a Corporate Agenda" by Mark Ames.

Article: "Foundation for Economic Education" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Ludwig von Mises" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Ayn Rand" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Milton Friedman" by Wikipedia.

Article: "William Weld" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Gary Johnson" by Wikipedia.

Article: "John Birch Society" by Wikipedia.

Article: "New Deal" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Merwin K. Hart" by Wikipedia.

Site: CATO Institute

Site: Reason Magazine.

Article: "What Do the Koch Brothers Want?" (1980 Libertarian Party platform) by Sen. Bernie Sanders.

Video: CNN Libertarian Presidential Town Hall Full Video.

Article: "Can Rand Paul break past controversy over Civil Rights Act comments?" by Ashley Killough.

Article: "Libertarian Party Platform 2016".

Article: "William Jennings Bryan" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Scopes Monkey Trial" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership" (TTIP) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Investor-state dispute settlement" (ISDS).

Article: "North American Free Trade Agreement" (NAFTA) by Wikipedia.

Article: "TransCanada Seeks $15 Billion From U.S. Over Keystone XL Pipeline" by Ian Austen.

Article: "Tuna-Dolphin GATT Case (I and II)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Country of Origin Labeling" (COOL) by Wikipedia.

Book: "Rebooting the American Dream: 11 Ways to Rebuild Our Country" by Thom Hartmann (read online).

Book: "Rebooting the American Dream: 11 Ways to Rebuild Our Country" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Former US Attorney General Ramsey Clark Joins Lawsuit against Bush, Cheney, Et Al for Illegal War in Iraq" by Claire Bernish.

Book: The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder by Vincent Bugliosi.

Movie: "The Prosecution of an American President".

Articles: On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation by David Ricardo ("On labor" 1814, "On profits" 1816, "of wages").

Hour Two: The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Speaks Out
- Chairman Dave Archambault, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe

Site: Dakota Access Pipeline.

Article: "Background on the Dakota Access Pipeline" by Matt Remle.

Article: "Native American Pipeline Protest Halts Construction in N. Dakota" by Phil McKenna.

Law: "Flood Control Act of 1934" (actually Flood Control Act of 1936).

Law: "Flood Control Act of 1944".

Article: "Oahe Dam" by Wikipedia.

Site: Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.

Site: US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Site: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Article: "List of people pardoned by George H. W. Bush" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Bush Pardons 6 in Iran Affair, Aborting a Weinberger Trial; Prosecutor Assails 'Cover-Up'" by David Johnston.

Article: "Bush: 'common Denominator Of Their Motivation . . . Was Patriotism'", December 25, 1992.

Article: "American Legislative Exchange Council" (ALEC) by SourceWatch.

Article: "Conservative group Alec trains sights on city and local government" by Ed Pilkington, 6 March 2014.

Book: What's the Matter with Kansas? by Thomas Frank.

Book: "Conservatives Without Conscience" by John W. Dean.

Article: "Trump Is the Authoritarian Ruler Republicans—and Some Dems—Have Been Waiting For" by John Dean.

Article: "Trump: ‘I Hate Proliferation’ But It Would Be Better if Japan, Saudi Arabia, and South Korea Had Nuclear Weapons" by Ian Hanchett.

Bible: "Revelation 7: The Sealed of Israel".

Article: "Israel releases Baltimorean who killed at mosque Goodman received life term in attack at Jerusalem shrine" by Ann LoLordo.

Article: "State Lunch for Singapore President Lee Hsien Loong", August 2, 2016.

Talk Media News Segment:
- Bob Ney

Law: "Trade Act of 1974".

Article: "General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade" (GATT) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Federal Transgender Bathroom Access Guidelines Blocked by Judge" by Erik Eckholm and Alan Blinder.

Case: "Brown v. Board Of Education", 1954 (Segregation in public schools) (overturned Plessy v. Ferguson).

Article: "Obama visits Louisiana, says he expects a bipartisan response" by TMN.

Book: "Sideswiped: Lessons Learned Courtesy of the Hit Men of Capitol Hill" by Robert Ney.

Article: "Quick Morning News - Trump Camp wobbly on immigration - August 22, 2016" by Victoria Jones.

Site: "Goats for the old Goat".

Site: Governor Free Don Siegelman

Hour Three: What is Solutionary Rail?
- Bill Moyer, Backbone Campaign

Site: Solutionary Rail.

Article: "Railway electrification in the Soviet Union" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Railroad electrification in the United States" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Railway electrification in Great Britain" by Wikipedia.

Law: "Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970".

Article: "Washington State Labor Council's 2016 Resolution for Solutionary Rail", 2016.

Site: North American Steel Interstate Coalition.

Site: RAIL Solution.

FaceBook: "Standing Rock Sioux Tribe".

Article: "Officials Pull Water Supply as Dakota Access Protest Swells in Number and Spirit" by Lauren McCauley.

Article: "South Dakota Oil Spill Reveals Major Pipeline Problems" by Ken Ilgunas.

Article: "Navajo Nation sues EPA over metal sludge from Colorado mine spill" by Reuters.

Article: "Oh My Quarreling Clementine: A number of social media and blog posts claimed that some California fruits were grown in toxic fracking-related or oil refinery wastewater." by Kim LaCapria.

Article: "How Global Elites Forsake Their Countrymen" by Peggy Noonan.

Article: "Breaking: 22 Million White House Emails May Be Missing!!!" by TomCADem.

Book: "Walking Your Blues Away: How to Heal the Mind and Create Emotional Well-Being" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Ryke Geerd Hamer" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Epigenetics" by University of Utah.

Article: "CBS CEO: “For Us, Economically, Donald’s Place in This Election Is a Good Thing”" by Lee Fang.

Article: " Conservative group Alec trains sights on city and local government" by Ed Pilkington.

Article: "Hillary Clinton Appoints Ken Salazar To Lead White House Transition" by David Sirota.

Article: "Wild Horses Slaughtered in Mexico" by Thomas Ragan.

Case: "Buckley v. Valeo", 1976.

Case: "Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission" (2010).

Law: "Voting Rights Act of 1965".

Law: "Civil Rights Act of 1964" by Wikipedia.

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"Our Revolution" Begins - Progressive Roundtable

Is Trump a 21st Century George Wallace? Progressive Roundtable

How Obama May Help Trump Become President

Full Show 8/22/16: How Obama May Help Trump Become President

Tonight's Progressive Roundtable discusses Trump's first campaign ad, David Duke's bragging that the Alt-Right has taken over the Republican Party, and Al Gore discussing why anyone who is concerned about the climate should vote for Hillary Clinton in November. Thom talks to Mark Ames about the pro-corporate and pro-billionaire roots of the Libertarian Party, and in tonight's Daily Take Thom explains how Obama's push for the TPP may help Donald Trump.

Full Show 8/19/16: Pro-Lifers are Literally Killing Women in Texas

In tonight’s Rumble Thom discusses how restrictions on birth control access are literally killing women in Texas, the benefits of paid family leave, and Aetna dropping out of Obamacare exchanges with Gianno Caldwell, Sam Bennett, and Scott Greer. In tonight’s Conversations with Great Minds, Thom discusses the political views of millennials with journalist David Cahn.

News To Trump: Hate Doesn't Put Food On My Plate

Why Did H.W. Bush Pardon The People Involved In Iran Contra?

Don't Claim You Support Globalism To Lift Wages Overseas...

Why Hasn't The 9th Circuit Court Heard The Latest Case Against Bush & Cheney For War Crimes?

Libertarianism Was A Mission To Destroy The New Deal! (w/Guest: Mark Ames)

Thom Hartmann Book Club - Rebooting The American Dream - August 23, 2016

Why Is Rush Limbaugh So Afraid Of Lesbian Farmers?

What's Being Down About The Lead Poisoning of Low-Income People In Calumet, IN?

Should We Name 1,000-year Floods After Oil Companies?