* profit potential of it On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 8:51 AM, Cameron Crum <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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. >> >> ************************************************************************************ >> >> >
