Is there a more punch-worthy douche?
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Martin Shkreli raffling chance to punch him in face
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First posted: Wednesday, September 28, 2016 08:28 AM EDT
NEW YORK — Embattled pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli is giving some people what they want — a chance to punch him in the face.
Shkreli came under fire last year for jacking up the price of a lifesaving malaria medication 5,000%. He has also pleaded not guilty to federal charges of defrauding potential investors.
Shkreli said on Twitter this week that he would offer the chance to hit him to the highest bidder on eBay. After the eBay listing was removed, he said those donating to a fundraiser would be entered into a raffle to punch him. Shkreli says he’s also open to getting dinner with the winner instead.
Shkreli says the money raised will go to the son of his PR consultant, Mike Kulich, who died following a battle with cancer.
Martin Shkreli raffling chance to punch him in face | World | News | Toronto Sun
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First posted: Wednesday, September 28, 2016 08:28 AM EDT
NEW YORK — Embattled pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli is giving some people what they want — a chance to punch him in the face.
Shkreli came under fire last year for jacking up the price of a lifesaving malaria medication 5,000%. He has also pleaded not guilty to federal charges of defrauding potential investors.
Shkreli said on Twitter this week that he would offer the chance to hit him to the highest bidder on eBay. After the eBay listing was removed, he said those donating to a fundraiser would be entered into a raffle to punch him. Shkreli says he’s also open to getting dinner with the winner instead.
Shkreli says the money raised will go to the son of his PR consultant, Mike Kulich, who died following a battle with cancer.
Martin Shkreli raffling chance to punch him in face | World | News | Toronto Sun
It's nice to see that he was able to take the time off from helping to run the Trump campaign to do this fine charity gig.
For the past week, a pharmaceutical company called Mylan has been making headlines as the latest example of corporate greed gone amok. It’s a similar story to that of Martin Shkreli, who hiked the price of the AIDS drug Daraprim 5,556 percent, from $13.5 to $750 per tablet. In the case of Mylan, they’ve been under fire for raising the price of the EpiPen, on which they have a monopoly, 400% over a relatively short period of time. Since acquiring the drug from Merck in 2008, Mylan has increased its price from $100 to as much as $600.
Via Hannity:
We’ve learned that the company responsible for the increase, Mylan Pharmaceuticals, is a Clinton Foundation donor helmed by the daughter of a Democratic Senator.
The CEO of Mylan is Heather Bresch, daughter of West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin. Mylan CEO Bresch reportedly earned a salary of close to $19 million in 2015, an increase in 671% over the same period in which the EpiPen rose in price.
Hillary's SHADY EpiPen ties... - Allen B. West - AllenBWest.com
“t’s just the latest troubling example of a company taking advantage of its consumers,” she said in a statement. “It’s wrong when drug companies put profits ahead of patients, raising prices without justifying the value behind them....
...Clinton went on to reiterate her position that drug price hikes should be linked with better patient outcomes and demonstrated improvements in value, and demanded that Mylan “immediately reduce the price of EpiPens.” ”
http://fortune.com/2016/08/24/clinton-shkreli-mylan-epipen/
Via Hannity:
We’ve learned that the company responsible for the increase, Mylan Pharmaceuticals, is a Clinton Foundation donor helmed by the daughter of a Democratic Senator.
The CEO of Mylan is Heather Bresch, daughter of West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin. Mylan CEO Bresch reportedly earned a salary of close to $19 million in 2015, an increase in 671% over the same period in which the EpiPen rose in price.
Hillary's SHADY EpiPen ties... - Allen B. West - AllenBWest.com
“t’s just the latest troubling example of a company taking advantage of its consumers,” she said in a statement. “It’s wrong when drug companies put profits ahead of patients, raising prices without justifying the value behind them....
...Clinton went on to reiterate her position that drug price hikes should be linked with better patient outcomes and demonstrated improvements in value, and demanded that Mylan “immediately reduce the price of EpiPens.” ”
http://fortune.com/2016/08/24/clinton-shkreli-mylan-epipen/
'Pharma Bro' Martin Shkreli releases clips from Wu Tang Clan album after Trump win
Postmedia Network
First posted: Wednesday, November 09, 2016 03:57 PM EST | Updated: Wednesday, November 09, 2016 04:09 PM EST
Taking swigs from a can of cherry coke and with a smirk on his face, Martin Shkreli kept his word to release snippets from the $2 million Wu Tang Clan album he won at auction.
The former pharmaceutical executive tweeted last month that if Donald Trump won the presidency he would share songs from Wu Tang's Once Upon a Time in Shaolin, the only copy of the album made for sale.
The so-called 'Pharma Bro' Shkreli, known for increasing the price of an HIV medication in 2015 by 5,000%, streamed the intro and one song from the album early Wednesday morning as polls closed throughout the U.S. showing a Trump victory.
Shkreli also reached out to celebrities and other Americans who said they'd move to Canada after a Trump win, saying he'd offer them his private jet.
The Periscope clips - while low in quality - can be found on YouTube. Shkreli also said on Twitter he has unreleased music from Prince, the Ramones and 2Pac in his possession.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2Zrk9MZWyQ
'Pharma Bro' Martin Shkreli releases clips from Wu Tang Clan album after Trump w
Postmedia Network
First posted: Wednesday, November 09, 2016 03:57 PM EST | Updated: Wednesday, November 09, 2016 04:09 PM EST
Taking swigs from a can of cherry coke and with a smirk on his face, Martin Shkreli kept his word to release snippets from the $2 million Wu Tang Clan album he won at auction.
The former pharmaceutical executive tweeted last month that if Donald Trump won the presidency he would share songs from Wu Tang's Once Upon a Time in Shaolin, the only copy of the album made for sale.
The so-called 'Pharma Bro' Shkreli, known for increasing the price of an HIV medication in 2015 by 5,000%, streamed the intro and one song from the album early Wednesday morning as polls closed throughout the U.S. showing a Trump victory.
Shkreli also reached out to celebrities and other Americans who said they'd move to Canada after a Trump win, saying he'd offer them his private jet.
The Periscope clips - while low in quality - can be found on YouTube. Shkreli also said on Twitter he has unreleased music from Prince, the Ramones and 2Pac in his possession.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2Zrk9MZWyQ
'Pharma Bro' Martin Shkreli releases clips from Wu Tang Clan album after Trump w
Kids trump Pharma Bro Martin Shkreli with $2 pill
Postmedia Network
First posted: Thursday, December 01, 2016 04:42 PM EST | Updated: Thursday, December 01, 2016 04:57 PM EST
Wildly disliked so-called Pharma Bro Martin Shkreli is scoffing at a group of high school students who recreated his $750 life-saving drug for just $2.
“Glad the kids are learning about science,” Shkreli tweeted. “Not sure how anyone got ‘owned’ lol.”
Shkreli — called the “most hated man in the world” after hiking the price of anti-parasitic drug Daraprim from $13 to $750 – was his typical despicable self, the New York Post reports.
Eleven chemistry students from a Sydney, Australia school - with help from a university professor - recreated the pill as a project, but Shkreli called it easy.
He tweeted: “Anyone can make any drug. lol how is that showing anyone up?”
“Almost any drug can be made at small scale for a low price. Glad it makes u feel good tho.”
He added: “Congratulations on a crash course in organic chemistry and good luck with FDA approval.”
And then the so-called Pharma Bro lashed out at commenters, reporters and anyone else who questioned his wonderfulness.
The students shared the public’s outrage at Shkreli’s shameless antics, their professor said.
Kids trump Pharma Bro Martin Shkreli with $2 pill | World | News | Toronto Sun
Postmedia Network
First posted: Thursday, December 01, 2016 04:42 PM EST | Updated: Thursday, December 01, 2016 04:57 PM EST
Wildly disliked so-called Pharma Bro Martin Shkreli is scoffing at a group of high school students who recreated his $750 life-saving drug for just $2.
“Glad the kids are learning about science,” Shkreli tweeted. “Not sure how anyone got ‘owned’ lol.”
Shkreli — called the “most hated man in the world” after hiking the price of anti-parasitic drug Daraprim from $13 to $750 – was his typical despicable self, the New York Post reports.
Eleven chemistry students from a Sydney, Australia school - with help from a university professor - recreated the pill as a project, but Shkreli called it easy.
He tweeted: “Anyone can make any drug. lol how is that showing anyone up?”
“Almost any drug can be made at small scale for a low price. Glad it makes u feel good tho.”
He added: “Congratulations on a crash course in organic chemistry and good luck with FDA approval.”
And then the so-called Pharma Bro lashed out at commenters, reporters and anyone else who questioned his wonderfulness.
The students shared the public’s outrage at Shkreli’s shameless antics, their professor said.
Kids trump Pharma Bro Martin Shkreli with $2 pill | World | News | Toronto Sun