'Pharma bro no more': Martin Shkreli banned from pharmaceutical business for life

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Disgraced drug company executive Martin Shkreli, derided as the “Pharma Bro,” has been banned from ever doing business again in the pharmaceutical business.

business again in the pharmaceutical business, a judge ordered on Friday.

The court order is tied to a lawsuit, filed by the Federal Trade Commission and several states, including New York and California, that accused the imprisoned Shkreli of monopolistic behavior.

 

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Serious question: Does a federal judge really have the authority to ban someone from an industry?

just right....

Oh so they will go after thse selling insulin for $1,000 a vial when it cost a few dollars to make?

Do Manchin’s daughter

After millions and millions and millions

Just like Congress and The Senate should be banned from buying stocks.

He's also got a grin on his face. He's the real Joker. And evil.

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