CEO and founder of Turing Pharmaceutical, Martin Shkreli. Without feeling he raised the price of AIDS drugs Daraprim to Rp10,8 million per pill drug patents after buying it for US$ 55 million. (Twitter/Martin Shkreli)
A few days ago, Daraprim only diharga US $ 13.5 per pill, or about Rp195 thousand. Within overnight, Daraprim price rises, it is estimated up to 5,500 per cent, to US $ 750 or Rp10.8 million per pill. Whereas the cost of production of this drug is only US $ 1 per pill.
All of this just because the decision Pharmaceutical Turing's founder and CEO. The man named Martin Shkreli Daraprim raise prices like crazy. This was done after he obtained a patent and production rights Daraprim, a drug that has been used for 62 years to treat AIDS patients.
Since the price increase, Shkreli become a common enemy, both in cyberspace and in the real world. He is regarded as the worst human being in America, opportunists, and all sorts of other bad label.
Shkreli not feel guilty taking that decision. He reasoned steps Daraprim raise prices is done to benefit the drug companies. Revealed his patents and the drug he had bought last August at a price of US $ 55 million.
"It's not a matter of greedy pharmaceutical company and want to gnaw bags patient but we just want to continue to be in this business," said Shkreli, as quoted from Raw Story, Tuesday, September 22, 2015.
According to him, many patients using this drug in just over a year. The new price of the drug is considered to be equivalent to the treatment of other rare diseases. Moreover, said Shkreli, drugs that need improvement so that the function of some of the funds will be used for research so that the drug can be better cared for.
In its early history, the drug was only priced at $ 1. Along with the transfer of the owner of the patent, the price rose to US $ 13.50. Then just when acquired Shkreli only Daraprim price rises to a thousand-fold.
— Jess Devonport (@neverjessie) September 21, 2015
Problem with sociopaths like @MartinShkreli is they never get that inhuman, yet maybe legal, behavior makes them targets for criminal case.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) September 21, 2015
Well it's official, @MartinShkreli is the worst person in America. He just raised the price of AIDS medication from $13.50 a tablet to $750
— StephenKGlickman (@StephenGlickman) September 21, 2015
(VIVA.co.id)
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