EpiPen 2-Pak, (Epinephrine) Auto-Injectors, 0.3 mg
date: label: date made
content: 2016
label: product expiration date
content: 2017-02
name: label: maker
content: Mylan Specialty L.P.
label: maker
content: Meridian Medical Technologies
notes: label: Description
content: Yellow and white cardboard box with black print containing two epinephrine auto-injectors, each in a plastic capsule with a yellow plastic flip top lid. Each auto-injector has a label with illustrated instructions for use. Two paper inserts are included with the product: "EpiPen Trainer Instructions for Use" [Note: the Epipen Trainer is not included in this package] and "Patient Information and Instructions for Use." The epinephrine is injected by removing the blue plastic safety release on one end and then firmly pressing the orange plastic tip (needle end) into the thigh until it clicks. It takes about 10 seconds to deliver the drug.
label: Description
content: The Epipen was manufactured by Meridian Medical Technologies of Columbia, Maryland, for Mylan Specialty L.P., Morgantown, West Virginia (a Pfizer company). The FDA approved the product in 1987. Meridian launched the 2-Pak in 2001. The first generic version (by Teva Pharmaceuticals) was approved by FDA in 2018.
label: Description
content: The EpiPen is an automatic hypodermic injector designed to swiftly and easily inject an emergency dose of epinephrine in the case of a serious allergic reaction (anaphylaxis). Engineer Sheldon Kaplan developed the auto-injector while working at Survival Technology, Inc. in Bethesda, Maryland. He is one of four individuals listed on the patent, US403189, granted in 1977. For his work on EpiPen Kaplan was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: West Virginia, Morgantown
label: place made
content: United States: Maryland, Columbia
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mallory Warner
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2019.0242.01
label: catalog number
content: 2019.0242.01
label: accession number
content: 2019.0242
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pharmaceutical
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper; plastic (packaging material)
label: Physical Description
content: epinephrine, 0.3 mg. per injector (drug active ingredients)
label: Measurements
content: overall (box): 3.8 cm x 17.5 cm x 10 cm; 1 1/2 in x 6 7/8 in x 3 15/16 in
label: Measurements
content: single injector: 2.2 cm x 15 cm x 3 cm; 7/8 in x 5 29/32 in x 1 3/16 in