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Re:Public Enemy: quotes from the Martin Shkreli jury selecti... by jstanley on Wednesday August 16, 2017 @11:34AM (#15028305)
Daraprim is actually much cheaper than lots of other rare disease drugs.

How are you supposed to make money making rare disease drugs if you sell them cheaply?

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Re:Public Enemy: quotes from the Martin Shkreli jury selecti... by and0 on Wednesday August 16, 2017 @11:37AM (#15028340)
Not a terrible point but it's worth considering that this was a 70-year-old drug. It's not like Shkreli put the money into the research in the first place, and he certainly profited personally.

(Not sure why anyone owns the "rights" to a drug that old in the first place..)

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