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Protesters upset with the more than 500% increase in prices for the life-saving Epipen emergency allergy shots delivered what they said were more than 700,000 written and electronic petition signatures to the Mylan global center at Southpointe in Washington County on Tuesday. The petitions call for a rollback in the prices."(It's) outrageous price gouging by Mylan, which clearly has yielded super profits," said activist and former PA sate senator Jim Ferlo, who was one of the nearly two dozen people taking part in the protest.VIDEO: Watch Bob Mayo's report"Not one life should be put at risk because of one company's greed," said Rick Claypool, of the organization called Public Citizen.Rachel Viehman, a mother from Squirrel Hill, spoke while holding her 10-month-old baby, Robert. She said both her son and her 6-year-old daugher, Gabriella, need Epipens kept close at hand because of severe allergic reactions to certain foods. She said the use of Epipens has already saved her daughter's life."Companies like Mylan, they have the power of life and death over my family and other families bcause they know (that) for me, I cannot place a price on my child's life," Viehman said. "There's no ethical or moral justification for the price increases. Families shouldn't have to make these kinds of decisions between sending their child off to school with an updated Epipen, or buying food."Mylan has pledged efforts to blunt impact of Epipen price increases for some. The protesters say it should roll back the price for all.Other protestors said the Epipen issue is a symptom of a larger problem with health care costs."Enough, Mylan, for will it ever ever be enough for you? At every single instance where you could make another buck, you've done so," said Rev. Sally Jo Snyder of the Consumer Health Coalition. "Your entire history of your relationship with the Epipen has been one of greed, one of controlling the market, one of raising prices.""I think we're beginning to expose the tactics and the policies of not just Mylan, but other drug and pharmaceutical companies about how much profit they really make off of drugs," Ferlo told Pittsburgh's Action News 4.Corporate security staff accepted boxes containing the petitions but did not let the protesters approach the Mylan building and blocked them from passing the start of the visitor driveway."We just appreciate and respect all of the opinions that were shared today. We're going to review all of this," said Mike Laffin, a Mylan spokesman who stood with the security staff, watching the protesters.Get the WTAE Pittsburgh's Action News 4 App