FTC takes 'Pharma Bro' Martin Shkreli to trial over drug price hike

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FTC takes 'Pharma Bro' Martin Shkreli to trial over drug price hike
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The drug is used to treat toxoplasmosis, a parasitic infection that threatens people with weakened immune systems.The non-jury trial will take place before U.S. District Judge Denise Cote in Manhattan federal court. Christopher Casey, a lawyer for Shkreli, could not immediately be reached for comment on Monday.

Vyera, founded in 2014 as Turing Pharmaceuticals, acquired Daraprim from Impax Laboratories Inc in 2015.The FTC and states allege that the company then prevented generic drugmakers from obtaining samples to develop their own versions of the drug, and reached a deal with the sole U.S. supplier of the drug’s active ingredient preventing sales to competitors.

They said the company’s actions violated federal antitrust laws and harmed patients. The first generic version of Daraprim was approved in 2020.. The deal calls for Vyera to pay $10 million up front plus up to $30 million over 10 years, and bans Mulleady from most roles in the pharmaceutical industry for seven years.for cheating investors in two hedge funds and trying to prop up the stock price of another drug company he led, Retrophin Inc. He is eligible for release next year.

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