Prices are shooting up just as the pollen falls during allergy season. "Something that was affordable 10, 15 bucks back in December can suddenly become $200, $300, even $400 in January," said Dr ...

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 ...

U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan said on Friday she is launching an investigation into British pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline ...

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 ...

Asthma sufferers may save money with first generic inhaler approved by FDA Doctors are calling it "a big deal" that will lead to lower prices. Feb. 27, 2020, 12:25 PM EST / Source : TODAY ...

22-year-old Cole Schmidtknecht suffered from asthma before his death. A young Wisconsin man died from an asthma attack after the price of his inhaler skyrocketed nearly $500, according to a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.