r/news Jan 14 '22

Shkreli ordered to return $64M, is barred from drug industry

https://apnews.com/article/martin-shkreli-daraprim-profits-fb77aee9ed155f9a74204cfb13fc1130
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u/Qaz_ Jan 14 '22

Kaleo (who make Auvi-Q) are no saints as well. Their autoinjector is also expensive as hell, and probably didn't get as much attention because they're a smaller company and didn't raise the prices while having a contract to have autoinjectors sold to schools. Good to see that they have made generics, but $600 for 1 of their injectors is insane.

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u/ouaisjeparlechinois Jan 14 '22

Good to see that they have made generics, but $600 for 1 of their injectors is insane.

I don't think anyone actually pays that much? If you have insurance, you pay $25 as I did. If you don't and you're poor, you get them for free (like I did when I first started using it).

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u/ifweweresharks Jan 15 '22

Not everyone has good insurance

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u/ouaisjeparlechinois Jan 15 '22 edited Jan 15 '22

It's not about if you have good insurance. If you have insurance, you can buy it for 25$

Edit: I realize having insurance is expensive but with Obamacare, it's cheaper to have insurance than not have it