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[mmazurkiewicz]

http://www.cnbc.com/2015/09/22/turing-to-roll-back-pricing-for-daraprim-amid-controversy.html

I'm surprised the little weasel backed down.

 

[Angelus Errare]

Way to go outrage culture, now the wealth won't trickle down you assholes.

Should have let the freemarket adjust itself. That poor CEO. #IStandWithDrugCEOGuy

 

[JHoNNy1OoO]

Turing's Martin Shkreli said he will cut the cost of treatment in response to the public outcry, but did not specify by how much.

Will be interesting to see the new price.

 

[Alcoholikaust]

Good!

 

[Gordon Shumway]

Way to go outrage culture, now the wealth won't trickle down you assholes.

Should have let the freemarket adjust itself. That poor CEO. #IStandWithDrugCEOGuy

OUTRAGE!!

 

[Vicetrailia]

The customers have spoken. But by how much?

 

[Trouble]

Not enough, my OUTRAGE demands a blood sacrifice.

 

[JCizzle]

Not enough, my OUTRAGE demands a blood sacrifice.

In this case, it should. This guy is basically a cartoon villain.

 

[mreddie]

Watch him cut 50 bucks and that's it.

 

[Dalek]

Now how can he be punished as well?

 

[Iorv3th]

Way to go outrage culture, now the wealth won't trickle down you assholes.

Should have let the freemarket adjust itself. That poor CEO. #IStandWithDrugCEOGuy

Technically this was the free market adjusting itself.

 

[Enter the Dragon Punch]

Let's Get in the Middle Of It: "Martin Shkreli"

 

[Jigorath]

Turing's Martin Shkreli said he will cut the cost of treatment in response to the public outcry, but did not specify by how much.

Of course.

 

[Averon]

Why did the guy think he could get away with jacking up such an important drug to such extremes and not think a huge backlash would result?

 

[Africanus]

Way to go outrage culture, now the wealth won't trickle down you assholes.

Should have let the freemarket adjust itself. That poor CEO. #IStandWithDrugCEOGuy

#CEOPROFITMATTERS

 

[Savitar]

 

[Iksenpets]

It was probably his favorite emo bands denouncing him that broke his noble spirit.

http://m.noisey.vice.com/blog/collect-records-martin-shkreli-geoff-rickly-interview

 

[commedieu]

#viralisgoodsumetimez

 

[soco]

This is a very interesting interview to watch.

Count the number of brief smiles he does. This guy's beyond creepy.

 

[Wag]

Drug will still cost >$750/pill. Still too damn much considering it was only $17 before.

 

[inky]

$749.98

 

[Tuck]

Will be interesting to see the new price.

$749 per pill.

 

[soco]

Drug will still cost >$750/pill. Still too damn much considering it was only $17 before.

Before the previous company, it was just $1 a pill.

 

[Septimus Prime]

That's good, but he and his company are hardly the only ones doing this kind of thing.

 

[Willectro]

Hopefully this bitch loses everything.

 

[Ferrio]

Too late bud, the spotlight has been cast on you and the issue itself.

 

[Slayven]

This is a very interesting interview to watch.

Count the number of brief smiles he does. This guy's beyond creepy.

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/09/pri...ion-for-corporate-looting-fraud-and-stalking/

The suit points out that Shkreli was accused in December 2013 of threatening a former MSMB employee and his family on social media and in written letters.

“I hope to see you and your four children homeless and will do whatever I can to assure this,” the former employee Timothy Pierotti, claimed his old boss had written in a letter to his wife.

 

[Dan]

Heh, if I hated myself more, I would look for new reactions from the people who were applauding him for the straight "no" he gave yesterday about lowering the price.

 

[GrotesqueBeauty]

Still doubt it'll be a fair price, but hopefully from now on this weasel feels the heat of 10 million eyes on him every time he considers how much he's going to fleece the people who depend on these manufacturers for their life.

 

[Chumly]

This is the same guy being sued for using all the extra money from price gauging people as a slush fund to repay angry hudgefund customers correct?


His research bullshit is literally just that.... Bullshit. His company has no interest in research and development

 

[MudoSkills]

The drug has been on the market for over 60 years, surely there are generic versions available?

I don't see how this wasn't going to price his company out of the market anyway.

 

[Dishwalla]

It ain't going to be $13 a pop like it was before, you can count on that. We'll be lucky if it's $130.

 

[benjipwns]

It will still be $750, but shipping will be free with orders of a hundred pills or more.

 

[Nafai1123]

$599 Dollars!

Need drugs? Get a second job.

 

[benjipwns]

The drug has been on the market for over 60 years, surely there are generic versions available?

I don't see how this wasn't going to price his company out of the market anyway.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=179463071&postcount=56
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=179463289&postcount=57
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=179474792&postcount=86
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=179584733&postcount=192

 

[Chumly]

The drug has been on the market for over 60 years, surely there are generic versions available?

I don't see how this wasn't going to price his company out of the market anyway.

There are no generics. It's not worth the time and effort because these drugs work so well. Plus they are niche drugs. So basically what he does is identify drugs that are specifically like this. Buys them out and then spikes the price. Since there are no competitors they make millions. By the time a competitor did come along they could just purposely crash the price and make it not profitable. It's a monopoloy plain and simple. Except its people's lives that they are playing with.

 

[benjipwns]

You'll also now be able to pay in five easy installments of $159.99.

 

[soco]

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/09/pri...ion-for-corporate-looting-fraud-and-stalking/

jesus. that's not even the worst part of that article.

Pierotti, who reached an out-of-court settlement of a lawsuit filed against him by Retrophin, said Shkreli contacted his children on Facebook and accused their father of betraying him and stealing $3 million from him.

 

[JDSN]

B-but slacktivism...Outrage culture...sigh

 

[MudoSkills]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=179463071&postcount=56
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=179463289&postcount=57
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=179474792&postcount=86
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=179584733&postcount=192

Well in that case he and his company are absolute shits. Outrage entirely justified.

 

[Angry Grimace]

http://www.cnbc.com/2015/09/22/turing-to-roll-back-pricing-for-daraprim-amid-controversy.html

I'm surprised the little weasel backed down.

He just said he will lower it, not by how much. He's concerned about legal ramifications, I imagine. I wouldn't be surprised to see both sides of the aisle in terms of the legislature unified in "fuck this guy" mode.

 

[minor effort]

I'm sure he had a moral epiphany completely independent of recent attention surrounding him.

 

[teiresias]

He's also apparently completely locked down his twitter account, which wasn't the case as early as yesterday evening.

 

[Dishwalla]

I'm sure he had a moral epiphany completely independent of recent attention surrounding him.

Would that be the epiphany where he quoted an Eminem song basically saying "fuck you" to all the outcry to his boneheaded move?

 

[Admiral Woofington]

HAHAHAHAHHA

RAGING CLUEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

 

[Dai101]

Watch him cut 50 bucks and that's it.

LOL. That's waaaaaaaaaaaaay to much.

 

[ISWThunder]

He just said he will lower it, not by how much. He's concerned about legal ramifications, I imagine. I wouldn't be surprised to see both sides of the aisle in terms of the legislature unified in "fuck this guy" mode.

You'd think a guy with so many skeletons in his closet would try and lay low. But obviously he's gotten away with so much that he felt above it and didn't see this shit storm coming. Now the heat is on him and I'm sure his investors are beyond pissed.

 

[Stet]

I'm glad he showed up to demonstrate that real pharmaceutical companies aren't that bad when compared with hedge fund managers.

 

[Angelus Errare]

He just said he will lower it, not by how much. He's concerned about legal ramifications, I imagine. I wouldn't be surprised to see both sides of the aisle in terms of the legislature unified in "fuck this guy" mode.

God I hope the republican party don't penalise him for being a smart capitalist businessman who spotted an opportunity. If they did...I guess I'll vote 3rd party.

 

[Rentahamster]

I keep reading the thread title as "Samsung CEO".