Dan T. Posted November 28, 2015 Author Share Posted November 28, 2015 Dickwad Price Gouger Reneges on Promise to Lower Drug Price November 27, 2015 - After weeks of criticism from patients, doctors and other drugmakers for hiking a life-saving medicine's price more than fifty-fold, Turing Pharmaceuticals is reneging on its pledge to cut the $750-per-pill price. Instead, the small biotech company is reducing what it charges hospitals, by up to 50 percent, for its parasitic infection treatment, Daraprim. Most patients' copayments will be capped at $10 or less a month. But insurers will be stuck with the bulk of the $750 tab. That drives up future treatment and insurance costs. Daraprim is a 62-year-old pill whose patent expired decades ago. It's the preferred treatment for a rare parasitic infection, toxoplasmosis, which mainly threatens people with weak immune systems, such as HIV and organ transplant patients, and pregnant women, because it can kill their baby. Dr. Carlos del Rio, chairman of the HIV Medicine Association, called Turing's changes "just window dressing." http://bigstory.ap.org/article/c5e5c023b9f248ae8e6af014e02fc54d/turing-reneges-drug-price-cut-rivals-version-sells-well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger.Staubach Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 So, in other words, they will evaluate your life expectancy, determine your net worth, and create the cost-per-pill, accordingly. Everyone will have access...after being evaluated. **** them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggo-toni Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Dude has been indicted for securities fraud. http://www.bloomberg.com/features/2015-martin-shkreli-securities-fraud/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slateman Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Dude has been indicted for securities fraud. http://www.bloomberg.com/features/2015-martin-shkreli-securities-fraud/ *Nelson voice* Ha ha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoodBits Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Dude has been indicted for securities fraud. http://www.bloomberg.com/features/2015-martin-shkreli-securities-fraud/ :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan T. Posted December 17, 2015 Author Share Posted December 17, 2015 Shkreli set himself up as a target. And now he's been targeted. ---- So we can say "dickwad" but we can't say "****pit"? I'm pretty sure you can say slutpit. clearly the staff here are sexist. You can also say dickpit.Clearly, they are over sensitive about the 9/11 attacks here. Can't have anyone talking about the piloting area of airplanes. If you start a petition to change this, I'll sign my John Han**** to it. - D'OH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogofWar1 Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Dude has been indicted for securities fraud. http://www.bloomberg.com/features/2015-martin-shkreli-securities-fraud/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky21 Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Excuses Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Looking forward to him getting off with a slap on the wrist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggo-toni Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 I wonder if he'll have to sell his Wu Tang Clan LP to pay for his defense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlvinWaltonIsMyBoy Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 This guy is a scumbag. He got rich by bashing biotech stocks and then shorting them. I had a small position in HZNP, which he shorted, and it went in the tank after their drug was approved. It has rebounded nicely, but it still made me furious. He bought another company KBIO and the stock price went up to almost 30.00 per share. It was a massive pump and dump, and last I saw it was halted today and expected to open at 3-4 dollars per share. I also just read that his lawyer is increasing his lawyer fee by 5000% just for this piece of ****. Nice touch by the lawyer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xameil Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 I also just read that his lawyer is increasing his lawyer fee by 5000% just for this piece of ****. Nice touch by the lawyer. Please tell me this is true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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