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14 August 2020Big PharmaMuireann Bolger

Shkreli inflated price of life-saving drug from federal prison, FTC says

Martin Shkreli conspired to illegally increase the price of a life-saving drug during phone calls he made from prison, according to the  US Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

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