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Martin Shkreli is fascinating
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RE: Martin Shkreli is fascinating
(February 22, 2016 at 7:09 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Because he acted like a scumbag.  People will tolerate a lot but they won't tolerate someone who thinks his shit doesn't stink.

Did he, though? If you look only at the % increase, that looks to be true. However, if you try to think about the big picture-- costs of similar drugs per pill, who actually has to pay that inflated price (not your grandma, for sure), and so on, then it's a lot less clear.

My main question is why the fuck he wanted to buy a drug that isn't under patent. Why didn't he just pay someone to reverse engineer it? Why buy a drug at a price that will cause you to need to jack up the price, even though you will STILL lose money overall?

It doesn't add up, right?
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Martin Shkreli is fascinating - by bennyboy - February 20, 2016 at 8:05 am
RE: Martin Shkreli is fascinating - by Aegon - February 20, 2016 at 10:30 am
RE: Martin Shkreli is fascinating - by Mermaid - February 20, 2016 at 10:32 am
RE: Martin Shkreli is fascinating - by bennyboy - February 20, 2016 at 10:33 am
RE: Martin Shkreli is fascinating - by Mermaid - February 20, 2016 at 10:37 am
RE: Martin Shkreli is fascinating - by bennyboy - February 20, 2016 at 10:43 am
RE: Martin Shkreli is fascinating - by Mermaid - February 20, 2016 at 10:45 am
RE: Martin Shkreli is fascinating - by abaris - February 20, 2016 at 2:01 pm
RE: Martin Shkreli is fascinating - by Mermaid - February 20, 2016 at 2:06 pm
RE: Martin Shkreli is fascinating - by abaris - February 20, 2016 at 2:10 pm
RE: Martin Shkreli is fascinating - by Mermaid - February 20, 2016 at 4:12 pm
RE: Martin Shkreli is fascinating - by vorlon13 - February 20, 2016 at 10:45 am
RE: Martin Shkreli is fascinating - by Minimalist - February 20, 2016 at 11:41 am
RE: Martin Shkreli is fascinating - by bennyboy - February 20, 2016 at 4:30 pm
RE: Martin Shkreli is fascinating - by abaris - February 20, 2016 at 4:36 pm
RE: Martin Shkreli is fascinating - by bennyboy - February 20, 2016 at 5:03 pm
RE: Martin Shkreli is fascinating - by abaris - February 20, 2016 at 5:11 pm
RE: Martin Shkreli is fascinating - by bennyboy - February 20, 2016 at 5:21 pm
RE: Martin Shkreli is fascinating - by abaris - February 20, 2016 at 5:24 pm
RE: Martin Shkreli is fascinating - by bennyboy - February 20, 2016 at 5:28 pm
RE: Martin Shkreli is fascinating - by abaris - February 20, 2016 at 5:31 pm
RE: Martin Shkreli is fascinating - by Fidel_Castronaut - February 20, 2016 at 1:54 pm
RE: Martin Shkreli is fascinating - by bennyboy - February 20, 2016 at 4:27 pm
RE: Martin Shkreli is fascinating - by Exian - February 20, 2016 at 7:24 pm
RE: Martin Shkreli is fascinating - by Mermaid - February 20, 2016 at 7:42 pm
RE: Martin Shkreli is fascinating - by abaris - February 20, 2016 at 8:11 pm
RE: Martin Shkreli is fascinating - by Exian - February 20, 2016 at 8:50 pm
RE: Martin Shkreli is fascinating - by abaris - February 20, 2016 at 9:20 pm
RE: Martin Shkreli is fascinating - by bennyboy - February 20, 2016 at 10:09 pm
RE: Martin Shkreli is fascinating - by abaris - February 21, 2016 at 12:32 am
RE: Martin Shkreli is fascinating - by Rev. Rye - February 22, 2016 at 10:13 pm
RE: Martin Shkreli is fascinating - by bennyboy - February 21, 2016 at 5:51 am
RE: Martin Shkreli is fascinating - by abaris - February 21, 2016 at 6:54 am
RE: Martin Shkreli is fascinating - by Minimalist - February 22, 2016 at 7:09 pm
RE: Martin Shkreli is fascinating - by bennyboy - February 22, 2016 at 7:20 pm
RE: Martin Shkreli is fascinating - by Aegon - February 22, 2016 at 5:34 pm
RE: Martin Shkreli is fascinating - by bennyboy - February 22, 2016 at 6:52 pm
RE: Martin Shkreli is fascinating - by abaris - February 22, 2016 at 6:58 pm
RE: Martin Shkreli is fascinating - by paulpablo - February 22, 2016 at 7:05 pm
RE: Martin Shkreli is fascinating - by bennyboy - February 22, 2016 at 7:14 pm
RE: Martin Shkreli is fascinating - by abaris - February 22, 2016 at 7:17 pm
RE: Martin Shkreli is fascinating - by bennyboy - February 22, 2016 at 10:21 pm
RE: Martin Shkreli is fascinating - by Exian - February 22, 2016 at 8:15 pm
RE: Martin Shkreli is fascinating - by Mermaid - February 22, 2016 at 8:20 pm
RE: Martin Shkreli is fascinating - by abaris - February 22, 2016 at 8:25 pm
RE: Martin Shkreli is fascinating - by rexbeccarox - February 22, 2016 at 10:05 pm
RE: Martin Shkreli is fascinating - by Minimalist - February 22, 2016 at 8:33 pm
RE: Martin Shkreli is fascinating - by bennyboy - February 22, 2016 at 10:42 pm
RE: Martin Shkreli is fascinating - by thool - February 29, 2016 at 10:09 pm

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