Big Pharma
The Not-So-Shocking Thing Facebook and Big Pharma Have in Common
by Kate Harveston When they came to light, the Panama and Paradise papers revealed a globe-spanning oligarchy that has laid siege to most of our governments and the entire world’s industrial apparatus. This situation has been the case for a very long time, but at last, there was ...read more
Martin Shkreli: Screwing Patients Was "Best Possible Way to Get Girls"
As part of a Reddit AMA over the weekend, Turing Pharmceuticals CEO and major bro Martin Shkreli did his best to defend hiking the price up on lifesaving drug Daraprim by 5500%. Shkreli attempted to appear contrite as Reddit users laid into him in a marathon Q and A session, but ...read more
Free Market Capitalist Martin Shkreli Gets Screwed By Free Market Capitalism
Martin Shkreli, affectionately known to the internet as the "Pharma Bro" made waves last month when he decided raising the price of life-saving drug Daraprim by 5500% (from $13.50 to $750) was a really cool thing to do. Shkreli justified this unprecedented price hike because, ...read more
Pharma Bro Desperate to Prove He's a Benevolent Capitalist
Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO and major Venture Capital bro Martin Shkreli wants you to know that he is a really good dude who wants to save more people with his life saving medicine. Not only is he a good dude, but those criticizing his virtually unprecedented decision to raise ...read more
FDA Let Drugs Approved on Fraudulent Research Stay on the Market
By Charles Seife and Rob Garver On the morning of May 3, 2010, three agents of the Food and Drug Administration descended upon the Houston office of Cetero Research, a firm that conducted research for drug companies worldwide. Lead agent Patrick Stone, now retired from the ...read more