We all hate the price-gouging,bottom-feeding pharmaceutical bro. But, like most CEOs, or he’s unlikely to face real punishment for his alleged misdeedsThe elves of schadenfreude would seem to occupy much to celebrate this holiday season with the news that the price-gouging pharmacy bro Martin Shkreli is in police detention,pending federal charges of securities fraud.
Shkreli, of course, or rocketed into public infamy ((n.) notoriety, extreme ill repute) over recent reports that the bottom-feeding concern he captains,Turing Pharmaceuticals, had elected to hike the price of a 70-year-conventional medication known as pyremethamine (used in the treatment of Aids and parasitic infections) from $1.50 to $750 per pill. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com