20,000 adrenaline pens arrive in Austria as allergy-drug supply eases
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- Pharmaceutical wholesaler Phago said about 20,000 adrenaline pens had arrived in Austria and were already being distributed to pharmacies.
- Supply had tightened after a strong wasp season, while demand for emergency injections rose more than 40% year on year from May through July.
- About 300,000 people in Austria have severe allergies to bee or wasp venom, for whom a sting can be life-threatening.
Around 20,000 adrenaline auto-injectors have reached Austria, easing a supply situation that had become strained during this year’s particularly strong wasp season.
Pharmaceutical wholesaler Phago reported the delivery and said distribution to pharmacies was already under way. Some brands of the emergency medication, commonly known as EpiPens, had recently been difficult to obtain.
About 300,000 people in Austria are severely allergic to bee or wasp venom. A sting can potentially be life-threatening, and Phago said deliveries of the emergency injections rose by more than 40% from May through July compared with the same period last year.
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Originally published by Die Presse in German. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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