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Judi Lynn

(160,211 posts)
Fri Oct 28, 2016, 02:56 PM Oct 2016

Martin Shkreli: I'm not upset about HIV drug hike; it was 'woefully underpriced'

Source: Guardian

Martin Shkreli: I'm not upset about HIV drug hike; it was 'woefully underpriced'

Former pharmaceutical executive tells Financial Times his only obligation is to his shareholders, and claims antidepressant he takes ‘has made me invincible’

Mazin Sidahmed
Friday 28 October 2016 13.05 EDT

Martin Shkreli, the poster-boy for price-gouging pharmaceutical executives, regularly uses a drug which costs as little as 17 cents a pill, he said in an interview on Thursday.

In a wide-ranging conversation with the Financial Times, Shkreli said that he uses a version of an antidepressant called Effexor.

. . .

Shkreli, an entrepreneur and hedge fund founder, became the focus of public furore last year when he acquired the drug Daraprim, which is used in the treatment of aids and cancer patients, and hiked the cost of a pill from $13.50 to $750.

. . .

“To me the drug was woefully underpriced,” he said. “It is not a question of ‘Is this fair?’ or ‘What did you pay for it?’ or ‘When was it invented?’ It should be more expensive in many ways.”


Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/oct/28/martin-shkreli-daraprim-hiv-drug-price-hike-interview

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Martin Shkreli: I'm not upset about HIV drug hike; it was 'woefully underpriced' (Original Post) Judi Lynn Oct 2016 OP
How can I put this in a polite way? GWC58 Oct 2016 #1
Sociopaths don't feel for others, lark Oct 2016 #2
Thanks Mr. "Whoa-fully under-scrupled" bucolic_frolic Oct 2016 #3
This guy really sounds like a psychopath. Siwsan Oct 2016 #4
Isn't this fuckstick in prison yet? Hassin Bin Sober Oct 2016 #5
"I am invincible" Auggie Oct 2016 #6
Fuck you Martin in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 47of74 Oct 2016 #7
May this POS Mendocino Oct 2016 #9
Professional Turd harun Oct 2016 #10
What an evil, sociopathic POS!! smirkymonkey Oct 2016 #12
unfortunately, people like this not only live, but prosper. so much for karma n/t luvmybluestate Oct 2016 #13
Greed is not just a virtue to him, it's an imperative. Eugene Oct 2016 #14
Hey Martin.... paleotn Oct 2016 #15

lark

(23,003 posts)
2. Sociopaths don't feel for others,
Fri Oct 28, 2016, 03:06 PM
Oct 2016

they only care for themselves, just like him, the abominable pretend human.

 

47of74

(18,470 posts)
7. Fuck you Martin in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Fri Oct 28, 2016, 03:21 PM
Oct 2016

Double and trip fuck you in fact you ferret faced no good piece of shit j--z trumpet.



Mendocino

(7,430 posts)
9. May this POS
Fri Oct 28, 2016, 03:47 PM
Oct 2016

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come down with with the most loathsome, painful and debilitating disease ever imagined, and I alone have the cure. I wouldn't sell it him for a penny. But I would give to him, no charge.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
12. What an evil, sociopathic POS!!
Fri Oct 28, 2016, 04:44 PM
Oct 2016

I really can't believe people this horrible exist. I also can't believe that he has gotten this far in life without numerous attempts on his life. Seriously.

Eugene

(61,592 posts)
14. Greed is not just a virtue to him, it's an imperative.
Fri Oct 28, 2016, 05:13 PM
Oct 2016

Obligation to shareholders is an interesting justification
coming from someone charged with bilking investors.

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