FDA approves auvi-Q (epinephrine auto injecter)

[twinturbo]

Updates point to availability of the Auvi-q in the first quarter of 2013. My jacket pocket holding the six-shooter of Mylan EpiPens can finally downsize.

editing to add US release

editing again to add that Sanofi offers assistance for medication acquisition. For those uninsured you may be able to get assitance with Auvi-q.

[Macabre]

Pictures please!! 

I'm planning for two of these to appear in DS' stocking. 

[twinturbo]

EVEN THOUGH YOUR AVATAR IS FREAKING ME OUT happy to oblige.


From the other Auvi-q thread. Videos at the end of production and one of the allergists from the development team.

Auvi-Q



From Sanofi's press release on Auvi-Q the important stuff

Clinical Study Background

A bioequivalence clinical study was conducted using Auvi-Q (epinephrine injection, USP) and EpiPen®. Both auto-injectors delivered 0.3mg of epinephrine. Injections with epinephrine using Auvi-Q were well-tolerated and resulted in epinephrine plasma concentration levels that were found to be bioequivalent to EpiPen®.

adding link to Sanofi page with video on production you can actually see the injectors being made (it's the second video)

http://www.multivu.com/mnr/57459-sanofi-receives-fda-approval-for-auvi-q-epinephrine-auto-injector

[Macabre]

Heh, heh. Well, it's better than my Halloween one.


Oh--wait--I thought you had some on hand.  But I see now the first quarter of next year. Aw, rats.  I was really hoping to make these a favorite stocking stuffer. 

But, um, perhaps a President's Day offering instead?  Or Valentines?  What better way to say "I love you!" 

[SilverLining]

Or Valentines?  What better way to say "I love you!"

and 

[momma2boys]

 

[CMdeux]

I guess you'll just have to settle for Emergency Room Co-Pay gift certificates for the stocking, then...




(One wonders, though, exactly what the response would be to THAT phone call.... "So I'm doing my stocking stuffers.  You don't, by any chance offer gift certificates, do you?"   LOL)

[AllergyMum]

Video of the Demo can be found here.

www.Auvi-Q.com

[maeve]

Looking at the picture of it, it looks like it's just a single dose of epinepherine so you'd have to carry two.  I'm not sure how space-saving that would be.

[twinturbo]

One for one it's not much different but six at all times it would permit me during a NE winter to save my one deep pocket that can hold tubes to go down to three then my two other inner pockets are more squares than deep rectangles. Try finding one pocket in any jacket that can accommodate an entire pack of hot dogs.

[CMdeux]

Mention when coat shopping that you plan to shoplift hotdogs and loaves of French bread regularly...


or would like a way to sneak an entire fifth of tequila into sporting events and theaters...

and would like something with commodious and easily accessible inner pockets?

 


(I'm kidding, of course.  But it might be fun to try it just to watch the reaction some time.)

[twinturbo]

Aside from the pocket bulge issue making temp stability problematic I also think a load of tubes jammed into my body cavity if I'm in a car accident is something I'd like to avoid getting a Darwin Award for. At least multiple flat objects won't embed as deeply.

[Mfamom]

for instance, at school, my ds carries ONE autoinjector, so the design of this will be more convenient for him to carry.  Also, for a boy, will hopefully be easier/more convenient to carry.  Right now we have twinject, so technically he does have 2 doses.

[maeve]

One for one it's not much different but six at all times it would permit me during a NE winter to save my one deep pocket that can hold tubes to go down to three then my two other inner pockets are more squares than deep rectangles. Try finding one pocket in any jacket that can accommodate an entire pack of hot dogs.

I guess in your case, if one misfired you could use the injector for another person.

for instance, at school, my ds carries ONE autoinjector, so the design of this will be more convenient for him to carry.  Also, for a boy, will hopefully be easier/more convenient to carry.  Right now we have twinject, so technically he does have 2 doses.

What does your son do in the instance of the injector misfiring or the needle getting bent? 

[Macabre]

I was hoping one would carry two injections as well.  Having a teenage boy carry two epis is a difficult thing. He will have two of these and a phone and I'm not sure how that will help. 

In some situations, I know he only carries one epi with him now. Those are when there is other epi around.  In the winter, he could keep one in his pants pocket if he's going out with friends and one in a coat pocket, as long as it's kept with him. 

In the summer he tends to do cargo type shorts so epis don't look bulky. Two would work well there.