tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36159570934166317982018-08-17T12:59:44.638-04:00Jennifer Bnoreply@blogger.comBlogger91113tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615957093416631798.post-71912624044229298892018-08-17T12:59:00.004-04:002018-08-17T12:59:44.580-04:00

Image courtesy of A.P.  While the food allergy community is focused on the shortage of Epi-pens and the yesterday's welcome announcement from the FDA regarding approval of Teva's generic epinephrine auto-injector, no one is talking about how Kaiser Permanente is handling the shortage and they should be! Kaiser provides for Adrenaclick or the generic Adrenaclick, not Epi-pen.  Over the past

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I have to give Kaleo credit--again!--for being innovative. Earlier this morning, I received an email from Kaleo's PR people about new Amazon Alexa Skill regarding life threatening allergies. Now Alexa will be equipped Ask Auvi-Q, which has helpful information about life threatening allergies. It's a great idea! I personally don't own a device with Alexa, and to be honest, don't plan to, but

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The recent discussions on Twitter and Facebook regarding Chips Ahoy packaging made me realize I have never given much thought to packaging for food allergies. I have always thought more about the labeling: how I feel labeling can be improved, especially for individuals managing non top-8 allergies; how some labeling is misleading; the errors in labeling which result in recalls, etc. I never

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