A $750 Pill And A Founder Who Doesn't Know When To Stop Tweeting
http://techcrunch.com/2015/09/21/a-750-pill-and-a-founder-who-doesnt-know-when-to-stop-tweeting/#.cbg1sz:YYvp
The New York Times ran a piece Sunday looking into why a
62-year-old pill saw its price skyrocket from $13.50 to nearly
$750 after it was acquired by Turing Pharmaceuticals last month.
The increase in the price of Daraprim, a drug that the Times
reported "is the standard of care for treating a
life-threatening parasitic infection," will undoubtedly have a
major impact on those struggling to keep up with high
prescription drug costs ... Martin Shkreli, Turing
Pharmaceuticals' founder and chief executive, took to Twitter
following the article's publication Sunday to do some of his own
damage control. In the 15 or so hours following the Times
article's publication, Shkreli sent out 125+ tweets to the
"haters" calling out his company's operations ... The former
hedge fund manager's responses to other Twitter users regarding
the controversy were more immature than one could plausibly
expect from a successful CEO, and painted a picture of a leader
who is, at best, incapable of speaking on behalf of his company
effectively, and is, at worst, incapable of showing any sympathy
to those struggling to afford his company's life-saving drugs.
It's all painfully ironic for a guy who started a foundation
earlier this year under his own name for helping out the
underprivileged. The site starts reeking of hypocrisy when you
weigh the foundation's mission statement against the actual
words Shkreli writes out on Twitter.
- - -
This jerk isn't a human being. He's a disease.
--Lauren--
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