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Malcolm 
I disagree.
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Posted on: Sep. 23 2015,10:39 |
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The latest internet pariah.
QUOTE Over the past week, the 32-year-old has become public enemy No. 1 thanks to his company’s decision to raise the price of a life-saving drug by more than 4,000 percent, from $1,130 to $63,000.
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When confronted Sunday on Twitter by a journalist covering the drug industry, Shkreli said hiking the price of Daraprim was simply a “business decision.”
“It’s a great business decision that also benefits all of our stakeholders,” Shkreli said. “I don’t expect the likes of you to process that.”
When the journalist questioned hiking the price “5,000%,” Shkreli called him “a moron.”
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Diogenes of Sinope:
"It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
"Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC:
"Better dead than smeg."
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Alhazad
Custom titles are for closers.
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Posted on: Sep. 23 2015,19:36 |
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Dude wants to be the Donald so bad.
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Malcolm
I disagree.
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Posted on: Oct. 23 2015,11:00 |
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Hah.
QUOTE ...a maker of compounded drugs will begin selling $1 doses of Daraprim, whose price recently was jacked up to $750 per pill by Turing Pharmaceuticals.
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Turing's Shkreli, under fire from all sides, said late last month that he would lower the price of Daraprim, but hasn't so far. A Turing spokesman didn't respond to a request for comment Thursday but recently noted the company is capping patient copayments at $10.
Cool, so you aren't screwing the sick people directly, but you're doing it by gouging their insurance companies.
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Diogenes of Sinope:
"It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
"Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC:
"Better dead than smeg."
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Malcolm
I disagree.
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Posted on: Dec. 13 2015,19:39 |
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No word on when he plans to shave his head, buy a Nehru jacket, and get a white cat.
QUOTE Shkreli ... swiftly moved to buy up the shares of KaloBios Pharmaceuticals, which produces benznidazole, a treatment for Chagas disease in South and Central America. There, where the disease is most common, the two month treatment for Chagas costs between $50 and $100. If Chagas goes untreated, 30% of those afflicted can develop serious heart problems.
According to the New York Times, who spoke with Shkreli on a conference call (was he stroking a lizard in front of a giant fireplace?), this treatment would come State-side pending FDA approval and would likely cost in the range of $50-60,000 a treatment, on par with Hepatitis C. I can’t even do the math on that markup:
Prick.
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Diogenes of Sinope:
"It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
"Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC:
"Better dead than smeg."
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Leisher
Top 3%, yo.
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Posted on: Dec. 17 2015,06:14 |
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Arrested on fraud charges.
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Malcolm
I disagree.
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Posted on: Feb. 04 2016,10:59 |
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In front of fellow criminals.
QUOTE The two companies' executives insisted they were committed to ensuring that cost isn't a deterrent for patients who need the drugs.
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Shkreli said in an email to one contact: "We raised the price from $1,700 per bottle to $75,000. Should be a very handsome investment for all of us."
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Valeant likewise identified revenue goals first and then used drug prices to reach them, committee staff said in a memo. It said Valeant believed it could repeatedly raise the prices of Nitropress and Isuprel without repercussions because they're administered by hospitals, which are less price-sensitive than consumers.
Ah, so it's totally OK to fuck over the hospitals serving the patients instead of the patients themselves. Got it.
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Diogenes of Sinope:
"It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
"Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC:
"Better dead than smeg."
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