I see this more as an opportunity for someone. The drug was out of patent yet nobody else produced it? I think that says a lot about the profit potential profit it in the first place. This guy comes along and now suddenly everyone is up in arms about it. If the demand for the drug is high, it will create its own market. This guy actually artificially created a market by making the price so high it begged someone else to start producing it and how others have. So has he really done a disservice to the very few people who need the drug? I would say no. Is he a douche bag on many other levels? Definitely.
On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 8:02 AM, Patrick Leary <[email protected]> wrote: > The irony? Your local poor schlub a-hole can be arrested and charged if he > doubles the price of gas, water, or other life-critical goods after a > natural disaster – that’s a crime in America. Meanwhile, it’s completely > legal for a company to raise a life-critical drug by over 5000% -- that’s > capitalism in America. > > > > Shkreli is only the most written about example. This “business trend’ is > all the rage and has been widely employed in the U.S. for a number of years > now. > http://news.health.com/2015/09/25/6-insane-examples-of-prescription-drug-price-increases/ > > > > Patrick > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Ken Hohhof > *Sent:* Thursday, December 17, 2015 8:28 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [AFMUG] OT - Martin Shkreli > > > > Apparently this guy AND HIS LAWYER were arrested today. Everybody knows > him as the guy who raises drug prices 5000%, but I did not know he live > streams almost daily to his fans. > > > > Watch the first video, isn't he just like every annoying, entitled, > slacker kid living in his parents basement that we have to deal with > bitching about his Internet? Except he is CEO of a drug company. > > > > I didn't think it was possible to hate him more, but watch the video. > > > > https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8gjB1PSXv_oAUSAQ16S0fA > > > > > > > ************************************************************************************ > This footnote confirms that this email message has been scanned by > PineApp Mail-SeCure for the presence of malicious code, vandals & computer > viruses. > > ************************************************************************************ > > > > > > ************************************************************************************ > This footnote confirms that this email message has been scanned by > PineApp Mail-SeCure for the presence of malicious code, vandals & computer > viruses. > > ************************************************************************************ > >
