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'Pharma Bro' just challenged Bernie Sanders to a debate
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"Martin Shkreli Just Challenged Bernie Sanders to a Public Debate
After it came out that Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO Martin Shkreli had raised the price of a lifesaving drug from $13.50 to $750 per pill, the internet raged and Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders wrote the former hedge fund manager a letter requesting information from the company as part of an investigation into the 5,000 percent price hike. Having received no response, Sanders is again on the offensive.
"After we sent a letter condemning his blatant profiteering, Mr. Shkreli promised the American people that he would lower the price of this drug," Sanders and Maryland Rep. Elijah Cummings (D) said in a statement. "However, instead of lowering the price as he promised, Mr. Shkreli hired an army of new Washington lobbyists and lawyers to stem the massive fallout from his actions and to stymie congressional oversight."
"On behalf of the American people, we are sickened by these actions. Mr. Shkreli is holding hostage the patients who rely on this lifesaving medication, as well as the hospitals that administer it, by charging unconscionable prices for a drug on which he has a monopoly—just because he can."
SANDERS ALSO CALLED ATTENTION TO THE ISSUE ON TWITTER.
Martin Shkreli is holding hostage the patients who rely on this lifesaving medication by charging unconscionable prices just because he can.
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) October 9, 2015
THE TURING CEO THEN CHALLENGED SANDERS TO A PUBLIC DEBATE.
@SenSanders It's amazing to me that you, desiring to be the leader of our country, are so misinformed. Let's have a public debate on this.
— Martin Shkreli (@MartinShkreli) October 9, 2015"
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