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1) Do you guys even know how many people actually rely on Daraprim each year?
2) Do you understand how much it costs to manufacture a drug like Daraprim for the # of people in question 1, which hasn't even been patent protected for decades ? 3) Do you even realize that there are cancer drugs out there that only extend life expectancy by a few months yet cost over $50,000 to buy but somehow this guy is the only one treated like a crook? The real sharks are Merck, GSK, Pfizer, Regeneron, Novartis, Abbvie, Roche, Genentech who are making hundreds of billions and are deep in the pockets of these congressmen trying to crucify this guy. People on medicaid ("poor people") can get this drug readily as the price was already negotiated. It's Medicare that will have to pay the higher price and those under that insurance are still going to get their drug. Most people don't even use this drug for more than one year... Why the media has been fixated on this guy is beyond me. His company only has 1 drug which is far from "Big Pharma" Last edited by TigeRRUppeRRcut; 02-04-2016 at 08:04 PM.. |
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And he, literally, says that he wants to be the "heel" of the human race. He has videos out there of him acting like a WWE heel and going off on people. It's really weird.
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I think Trump has found his running mate.
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He's a complete scumbag, but I will say he is going to be interesting to watch unfold going forward. He really is like a real-life super villain who was raised on WWE and just wants to be seen as the "bad guy"
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02-05-2016, 12:33 AM | #26 |
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He did his due diligence concerning the value of biotech companies and made himself and his employers millions of dollars.
Shkreli is outwardly a prick but he's done nothing illegal as it pertains to jacking up the price of one medicine. Him getting brought before members of Congress today was a complete farce unless he's followed tomorrow by C-level executives of every American pharmaceutical company.
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He misled investors about his investment results to raise money for his hedge fund. He then committed securities fraud and embezzled money to pay off investors in his hedge fund. Then he used the position at the first pharma company to get the second one because he did all kinds of shitty things to the first company. |
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