Vilified Pharma CEO Arrested on Fraud Charges
The drug entrepreneur who caused an uproar after raising the price of an HIV drug by more than 5,000 percent has been arrested on securities fraud charges.Martin Shkreli, CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals,...
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Martin Shkreli’s arrest may free up Wu-Tang Clan’s singular album
RZA of the Wu-Tang Clan performs during the Coachella Music Festival in 2013. Photo by Mario Anzuoni/ReutersWith the arrest of “Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli on charges of securities fraud Thursday...
View ArticleThe High Price of Health: Why Price-Gouging Drugs Is Legal
Click on the audio player above to hear this interview.Martin Shkreli, the infamous former pharmaceutical CEO, made headlines once again this week when he was arrested by federal authorities in his...
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News Wrap: Embattled pharma CEO takes Fifth before Congress
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: Good evening. I’m Judy Woodruff.GWEN IFILL: And I’m Gwen Ifill.JUDY WOODRUFF: On the “NewsHour” tonight: We’re on the ground in New Hampshire, where...
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Candidates’ prescription drug price plans may miss the mark
What type of drug pice plans do the candidates support? Photo by Tom Grill/The Image Bank via Getty ImagesMost of the people running for president say they want to do something about the rising cost of...
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Shkreli’s old company is sued for breaching sales contract for Daraprim
Martin Shkreli, former CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals LLC, departs the U.S. Capitol after appearing before a House Oversight and Government Reform hearing on “Developments in the Prescription Drug...
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Advocates hope shaming drugmakers discourages price spikes
Martin Shkreli, former CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals LLC, departs the U.S. Capitol after appearing before a House Oversight and Government Reform hearing on “Developments in the Prescription Drug...
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Congress scolds pharmaceutical company’s price hike on EpiPens
There are some competitors to EpiPen, but they haven’t caught on. Photo by Greg Friese/via FlickrMove over, Martin Shkreli. Get in line, Valeant Pharmaceuticals. Congress appears to have found another...
View ArticleEpiPen Under Fire for High Price
Another big pharmaceutical company CEO is in the hot seat.This time it's Heather Bresch of Mylan Laboratories who's explaining why the price for an EpiPen 2-Pak has gone from about $100 to nearly $600...
View ArticleMartin ‘Pharma Bro’ Shkreli on Trial
Martin Shkreli is often described as the "most hated man in America” for raising the price of a lifesaving drug by 5,000%, earning him the nickname "Pharma bro."Shkreli said his pharmaceutical company...
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News Wrap: Venezuela’s controversial new assembly convenes
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: And in the day’s other news: The Justice Department announced a new crackdown on leaks to the press of classified government information.Since January,...
View ArticleMartin Shkreli: Unpopular for One Reason, Guilty for Another
Martin Shkreli, the 34-year-old former hedge fund manager and drug company CEO who became infamous for raising the price of a drug used by AIDS patients from $13.50 per pill to $750, is likely going...
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Column: How Big Pharma is hindering the fight against the opioid epidemic
Pharmacist Jim Pearce fills a Suboxone prescription at Boston Healthcare for the Homeless Program in Boston. Suboxone is an opiate replacement therapy drug used to help treat opiate cravings and...
View ArticleFull Show: Bring On The Competition
First, U.S. News releases its college rankings each year to much fanfare. But are they actually hurting higher ed? We ask journalist Scott Jaschik and U.S. News’ Robert Morse. Then, there will be 10...
View ArticleWhy Americans Pay So Much For Drugs
In 1983, U.S. News & World Report began to rank America’s colleges. More than 30 years later, they continue to release yearly lists of the “best” schools in the U.S. We talk with Inside Higher Ed’s...
View ArticleFull Show: Bring On The Competition (Rebroadcast)
First, U.S. News releases its college rankings each year to much fanfare. But are they actually hurting higher ed? We ask journalist Scott Jaschik and U.S. News’ Robert Morse. Then, there will be 10...
View ArticleFeds Sell Martin Shkreli's Unique Wu-Tang Clan Album, So Can We Listen To It...
Federal prosecutors say the one-of-a-kind Wu-Tang Clan album once owned by convicted former pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli has been sold at auction to an anonymous buyer for an unknown...
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