invading the nation's capital. mark albert.
>>> west virginia's senator joe manchion finds himself in
the hot seat over the spy spiraling cost of a life saving
drug. manchion's daughter is ceo of
mylan, the company raised the price of the epipen, which
treats severe allergic reactions by 500%.
she raised her salary to $19 million last year.
manchion, received $60,000 in campaign contributions from
mylan will not comment. colleagues are calling for a
congressional investigation. >> one of 50 americans including
children are at risk for severe allergic reactions an epipen is
designed to to stop. families have seen their out of
pocket costs rise, by hundreds of dollars.
so we thought might be interesting to hear from the man
who knows about the business of raising drug prices.
>> this particular drug is a necessity.
>> important medicine should be expensive.
they're valuable. >> former pharmaceutical chief,