Abstract:Turing Pharmaceuticals, guided through CEO Martin Shkreli, a start-up increased the price of Daraprim -the standard treatment for toxoplasmosis -by 5433% from $13.50 per pill to $750.00 per tablet. Such incident again brings the attention towards the unregulated drug price in the US, which diverges from other developed nations. Moreover, such cases raise eyebrows among the society and force people to understand the intersection of healthcare, business practices and justice. Price raised by Turing Pharmaceutica… Show more
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