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Ms. Toad

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64. I would say you can make it cost-prohibitive to make a generic.

Thu Sep 24, 2015, 09:40 AM

Sep 2015

Making a generic is a matter of science, but battling multiple appeals about whether there is the same bioavailabiity makes the process too costly for low-profit medications.

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Shkreli is an opportunistic parasitic infection alcibiades_mystery Sep 2015 #1

Sounds like a hate crime to me. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2015 #2

Couldn't he go to jail for meddling with the market? n/t woodsprite Sep 2015 #3

This is free market healthcare! If you don't like it you're a commie! Doctor_J Sep 2015 #4

Proud to say I am a Commie! PowerToThePeople Sep 2015 #9

I'm a "Health-Care Socialist" KansDem Sep 2015 #48

Rope, nearest lamp post to his headquarters. hobbit709 Sep 2015 #5

F that guy irisblue Sep 2015 #7

pike. PowerToThePeople Sep 2015 #11

The people behind La Terreur had a point. n/t lumberjack_jeff Sep 2015 #17

Yep. Not worth the effort to build a guillotine. hifiguy Sep 2015 #30

This is horrible. polly7 Sep 2015 #6

Good for him! Make that money! RadiationTherapy Sep 2015 #8

Yay for greed and thievery, uh? Duppers Sep 2015 #18

If it's a 62-year-old drug ... surrealAmerican Sep 2015 #10

Yeah, the story is leaving something out. progressoid Sep 2015 #13

I don't understand this. lumberjack_jeff Sep 2015 #16

I'm a little tired so I can't claim to understand what I just read. progressoid Sep 2015 #21

I had no idea. Thanks. lumberjack_jeff Sep 2015 #42

Exclusivity is for NEW drugs. Ms. Toad Sep 2015 #43

If you hire enough lawyers, no one can make a generic. Suprax did this. McCamy Taylor Sep 2015 #63

I would say you can make it cost-prohibitive to make a generic. Ms. Toad Sep 2015 #64

You can't have a copyright on a name Ms. Toad Sep 2015 #44

Thanks for the correction. nt lumberjack_jeff Sep 2015 #46

No problem. If forced to guess, I'd say More people believe you can copyright a name, Ms. Toad Sep 2015 #57

I admit the distinction between trademark and copyright has always been hazy to me. lumberjack_jeff Sep 2015 #58

I play in both worlds. Ms. Toad Sep 2015 #61

But wait, I have argued against capitalism including the INSANITY of individuals owning DIRT/land randys1 Sep 2015 #27

Exactly. Duppers Sep 2015 #22

Its not a patent issue Sgent Sep 2015 #26

He wants babies to die? lpbk2713 Sep 2015 #12

Time for government controls on all pharmaceuticals pipoman Sep 2015 #14

Job creator? Inventor? Entrepreneur? Morally upright? lumberjack_jeff Sep 2015 #15

k/r nationalize the fed Sep 2015 #19

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How is this even LEGAL??????????? Takket Sep 2015 #23

I'm generally pro-free markets and competition, Nye Bevan Sep 2015 #24

$13.50 to $750 and in the U.K. it is still $1.73 per pill. Good ole American Capitalism at work LiberalArkie Sep 2015 #25

We can't import or negotiate. elehhhhna Sep 2015 #31

Wasn't that written into the ACA? n/t BuelahWitch Sep 2015 #45

Evil fucker. Hope karma hits him upside the head with a 2by4. TDale313 Sep 2015 #28

+1000, Definitely a face badly in need of a fist. smirkymonkey Sep 2015 #32

Don't miss this monster on CNBC, this interview with him is stunning. Don't know how to embed this Bluenorthwest Sep 2015 #33

The fantasies going through my head about what to do with this bastard Jack Rabbit Sep 2015 #34

Sociopath LittleBlue Sep 2015 #35

He's an arrogant little pisser, isn't he? n/t BuelahWitch Sep 2015 #36

I hope his picture goes viral. Lifelong Protester Sep 2015 #37

This message was self-deleted by its author Eric J in MN Sep 2015 #38

How is this not extortion? Capt.Rocky300 Sep 2015 #39

There is a magic bullet for diseases like this one. leveymg Sep 2015 #40

This malicious little shit will regret this if he's ever hospitalized. Lars39 Sep 2015 #41

Twitter Shreds Drug Profiteer as Price Rise Scandal Goes National polly7 Sep 2015 #47

Amazing that he even looks like a douchebag ... eppur_se_muova Sep 2015 #49

Isn't he in hell yet? Lifelong Protester Sep 2015 #50

Given what a gigantic ego and mouth this asshole has, hifiguy Sep 2015 #51

The current winner Turbineguy Sep 2015 #52

This is one time I think a 'government takeover' would be justified... Rosco T. Sep 2015 #53

here are the SMUG shots napkinz Sep 2015 #54

Hope he can afford plastic surgery off all that dough, because he's gona need much surgery to never lonestarnot Sep 2015 #56

Human excrement like him is what hedge funds produce. nt valerief Sep 2015 #55

Sheer fucking genius.... RR2 Sep 2015 #59

Another Libertarian. Ikonoklast Sep 2015 #60

Why is a drug this old still on patent? McCamy Taylor Sep 2015 #62