Raymond J. March | Thursday March 5, 2020 at 9:45 PM PST
In 2015, Turning Pharmaceuticals CEO Martin Shkreli increased the price of the drug Daraprim nearly 5,000 percent from $13.50 to $750 per pill. The price hike generated widespread outrage, earning Shkreli the moniker “Pharma Boy” and the designation, “pharmaceutical greed villain.” Daraprim became “the poster child for the issue of high drug prices.”
Raymond J. March | Friday June 22, 2018 at 9:00 AM PDT
Increased competition is the remedy to skyrocketing drug prices.
Abigail R. Hall Blanco | Thursday May 19, 2016 at 1:00 PM PDT
Late last year Turing Pharmaceuticals provoked a serious backlash after hiking the price of the pill Daraprim from $13.50 to $750 per pill. The head of the company defended his firm against the criticism, but many found his arguments lacking. While we may question the overnight price jump of more than 5,400 percent, economics...
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