A 22-year-old man died from an asthma attack after he chose to pay for rent over a life-saving inhaler when the cost of the medicine soared more than 10 times in price. Cole Schmidtknecht, of ...

The bill: $539.19, according to a recently filed lawsuit. Schmidtknecht, 22, couldn’t afford that, and so for the next five ...

Senator Maggie Hassan launches an investigation into GlaxoSmithKline's withdrawal of a popular asthma inhaler, linking it to ...

Senator Maggie Hassan is investigating GSK's discontinuation of Flovent HFA, citing increased hospitalizations, higher drug ...

Five days before 22-year-old Cole Schmidtknecht suffered a fatal asthma attack, a pharmacist informed him that the price of his inhaler had unexpectedly increased by 700%, a shocking price hike ...

So when Cole Schmidtknecht went into Walgreens to get his inhaler just five days before his catastrophic asthma attack, his only option was to pay the $539.19 he could not afford or leave without ...

On Jan. 10, 2024, 22-year-old Cole Schmidtknecht went to his pharmacy, the Walgreens at 729 W. Northland Ave. in Appleton, to refill his inhaler prescription. Diagnosed with asthma as a baby, Cole ...

APPLETON, Wis. -- A young Wisconsin man died from an asthma attack after the price of his inhaler skyrocketed nearly $500, according to a lawsuit filed by his family. From birth, Cole ...

Cole Schmidtknecht expected to pay $66.86 for a three-month supply of his preventative asthma inhalers in January 2024 when he went to his Walgreens pharmacy in Appleton, Wisconsin.

APPLETON, Wis. -- A young Wisconsin man died from an asthma attack after the price of his inhaler skyrocketed nearly $500, according to a lawsuit filed by his family. From birth, Cole ...

APPLETON, Wis. -- A young Wisconsin man died from an asthma attack after the price of his inhaler skyrocketed nearly $500, according to a lawsuit filed by his family. From birth, Cole ...