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Cost of aids pill increased 5,000% over night

Discussion in 'Off-Topic Discussion' started by csuviper, Oct 26, 2015.

  1. Oct 26, 2015 at 9:13 AM
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    The 32-year-old CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals is at the heart of a controversy this week over alleged "price gouging" by drug makers. Shkreli's company raised the price on a drug called Daraprim from $13.50 a pill to $750 overnight. Shkreli's company bought the rights to it from another firm in August


    http://money.cnn.com/2015/09/22/investing/aids-drug-martin-shkreli-750-cancer-drug/



    Competitor is offering a $1 pill now because of this
    http://abc7chicago.com/health/san-diego-drug-maker-offers-$1-version-of-costly-turing-drug/1049798/

    Even though there is a $1 pill they are saying that it wont affect Shkreli.
    http://www.forbes.com/sites/matthew...-competitor-wont-hurt-martin-shkreli-one-bit/


    LOL
    http://www.rawstory.com/2015/10/pha...ng-doctor-during-disastrous-reddit-interview/
     
  2. Oct 26, 2015 at 7:29 PM
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    andrew where's the beer?

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    Still better than socialism at its worst.
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  3. Oct 26, 2015 at 10:50 PM
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    Ok so the media blew this one up and everyone believed. My wife said she read the whole story and it's not as bad as this seams.

    So this guy bought the rights to the drug during its testing phase. It was not yet known how effective the drug was. During this time the drug was cheep. After bought it was pushed through and found effective. Then the price was raised to match the price of comparable drugs.
     

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