So I'm not defending the ridiculous price of these life saving pens but, epi pen is the expensive one. Epipen is also not the only auto injector on the market but theor competitors are pretty well kept under wraps. There are cheaper alternatives to the epipen such as Auvi-Q by Kaleo infact ephedrine by its self is very cheap, but to use it you would need to know how much to give to the person. The auto injector is whats at a fucked up price and the epipen company has jacked up their prices like crazy over the past few years.