‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli Still Banned For Life From Pharmaceutical Industry (2024)

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‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli Still Banned For Life From Pharmaceutical Industry? ›

A federal appeals court Tuesday upheld a lifetime ban on "pharma bro" Martin Shkreli from working in the pharmaceuticals industry as well as an order to pay up to $64.6 million in disgorged profits for blocking competition to the drug Daraprim after hiking its price by more than $700 per pill.

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What exactly did Martin Shkreli do? ›

Topline. Martin Shkreli, the notorious former CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals and convicted securities fraudster, will still be banned from working in the pharmaceutical industry after a federal appeals court in New York upheld a ban enacted after he was found liable for gouging the price of an AIDS drug.

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Is Martin Shkreli allowed to trade? ›

He is permanently banned from serving as an officer of any publicly traded company.

What did pharma bro do to the price of Daraprim? ›

When Turing Pharmaceutical's CEO Martin Shkreli raised the price of Daraprim from $13.50 to $750 overnight, many were outraged by this price gouging.

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Did the pharmaceutical CEO go to jail? ›

MORE: 'Pharma Bro' Martin Shkreli sentenced to 7 years after tearfully begging for 'your honor's mercy' After serving about five years, Shkreli was released from prison early in May 2022. After the Federal Trade Commission sued him a court ordered the lifetime ban and made him repay $64 million.

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What did Martin Shkreli do to Wu-Tang? ›

Judge Pamela Chen in the Eastern District of New York granted a preliminary restraining order against Shkreli for “possessing, using, disseminating, or selling any interest in the Wu-Tang Clan album Once Upon a Time in Shaolin.” That includes any data, files or any other contents of the album.

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What is Martin Shkreli doing today? ›

Shkreli was released from prison in May 2022. Court records show he is working as a software developer and as a consultant for a law office.

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Is Daraprim still expensive? ›

The company, now Vyera Pharmaceuticals, didn't reply to an inquiry about Daraprim's list price, but the price still appears to be $750 per pill. The generic Daraprim, pyrimethamine, was approved by the FDA in March. The list price is around the same as the brand-name version, according to the website GoodRx.

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Does Martin Shkreli still own Daraprim? ›

As part of Vyera Pharmaceuticals' bankruptcy, the company will sell off Daraprim along with hypertension drug Vecamyl to Tilde Sciences for $650,000, according to an asset purchase agreement. Vyera was formerly known as Turing Pharmaceuticals when Shkreli was at the helm.

What law did Martin Shkreli break? ›

The plaintiffs had sued Shkreli and his companies, Vyera Pharmaceuticals and Phoenixus AG, and his former business partner Kevin Mulleady for violations of antitrust laws in preventing generic drugmakers from getting access to Daraprim that they needed to conduct testing on.

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Is Daraprim life saving? ›

Daraprim is used to treat a parasitic disease known as toxoplasmosis, which can be life-threatening in people with compromised immune systems.

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Who sued Shkreli? ›

PleasrDAO filed its lawsuit against Shkreli in a Brooklyn federal court on June 10, alleging that he shared recordings from the album with thousands of people during a livestream he hosted on social media that he called a “Wu-Tang Official Listening Party.”

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What is the toxoplasmosis drug scandal? ›

In September, the decision by Turing Pharmaceuticals to increase the price of pyrimethamine, a 62-year-old generic drug used to treat toxoplasmosis and malaria, from approximately $13.50 to $750.00 per pill resulted in a firestorm that ignited social media, led to harsh criticism by 2 Democratic presidential candidates ...

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What is the drug Daraprim used for? ›

USES: This medication is used with other medication (such as a sulfonamide) to treat a serious parasite infection (toxoplasmosis) of the body, brain, or eye or to prevent toxoplasmosis infection in people with HIV infection. Pyrimethamine belongs to a class of drugs known as antiparasitics.