iifii wrote:
Everything you just posted is wrong and misinformed.
LOL! (I'm speaking Shkreli-speak here). Including rojo's point that the guy has been arrested on security fraud charges? Sorry, most of what rojo wrote was 100% correct.
iifii wrote: He raised the price on the drug so he could raise money to develop a new and better drug. Sad that so many of you rush to judgement and are so easily manipulated by the media and politicians.
ok, I am probably being trolled but.....LOL part 2. You claim that he "raised the price on the drug so he could raise money to develop a new and better drug"....where did you get that from.... HIM??? Seriously? And you are making fun of people for being easily duped?! The guy is a professional and outstanding LIAR, FRAUD, and CRIMINAL (soon to be official), and yet you take his word? Now *that* is what is actually "sad."
In reality, he at first said that he jacked up the price in order to "make as much $ as possible for him and his investors, the point of a drug company" (more or less his words). But NOW he is stating he was trying to raise $ to develop new drugs. Complete and utter bull$hit and you bought it!
As Avocado pointed out, his company was investing about 5% of profits back into research and development, but at the advice of a PR firm (when he started getting slammed), he started saying it was 60% (who knows if he was even really doing that briefly, probably just more fudged #'s from him, which is how he makes his wealth). And here's more:
'As for Shkreli’s claims that the profits will go to research for a better version of Daraprim, experts aren’t buying it.
"Turing has not got a single clinical trial underway. Shkreli’s not testing new drugs of any kind for toxoplasmosis. He's got nothing registered," Attaran said. "No one needs a new drug for toxoplasmosis anyways. It works so well bloody well."
He's an f'n liar and criminal, and you kiss his a$$ and believe him and call him a hero (well several of you did). Incredible.
(if you are trolling, good work. 10/10 . But sadly, even if you are not serious, plenty of people out there are stating your exact sentiments with sincerity)