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02/11/2016 / By Julie Wilson

Big Pharma executives freaking out as presidential candidates expose drug industry’s evil tactics

Big Pharma’s unprincipled price-gouging has earned itself an infamous place in the 2016 presidential election, with candidates on each side vowing to end the nefarious drug hikes. Though the practice has been ongoing for quite some time, it moved fully into the spotlight after former hedge fund manager Martin Shkreli, aka the “world’s most hated […]

01/11/2016 / By Julie Wilson

Price-gouging pharma exec defends drug hikes, calls it a “responsible” business practice

While this doesn’t necessarily come as a surprise to anyone anymore, it’s still of paramount importance to report that the pharmaceutical executives behind the atrocious price-gouging of lifesaving drugs are not in the least bit remorseful about their unethical tactics. In fact, they even consider the immense price hikes to be “very responsible.” The revelation was made […]

12/23/2015 / By Norman Smith

Big Pharma price-hiking douchebag Martin Shkreli arrested on fraud charges

As the New York Times puts it, Big Pharma executive Martin Shkreli “has emerged as a symbol of pharmaceutical greed for acquiring a decades-old drug used to treat an infection that can be devastating for babies and people with AIDS and, overnight, raising the price to $750 a pill from $13.50. His only mistake, he […]

12/21/2015 / By Julie Wilson

Instant karma strikes Martin Shkreli: Big Pharma exec who hiked anti-malaria drug price over 5,000% arrested on fraud charges

Martin Shkreli, the former hedge fund manager responsible for hiking the price of a drug used to treat infections from $13.50 to $750 per pill, was arrested by federal authorities Thursday morning in his posh “Midtown Manhattan apartment,” and charged with securities fraud, according to a report by The New York Times.(1) Shkreli’s arrest appears […]

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