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Shadow
Jun 25, 2002

ChairmanMeow posted:

I use to buy my medicine from Canada where it was $1200 cheaper a month. I think the rule is it has to be for just you and it can only be 90 days supply at the most and you have to have a valid prescription. There were no generics in America at the time, But they had them in Canada.
So basically I hope these folks can buy their pills from a non broken country.

did you need a prescription? asking for a friend

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ChairmanMeow
Mar 1, 2008

Fire up the grill everyone eats tonight!
Lipstick Apathy
My doctor would actually fax it straight to them for me. No script pharmacies is a whole different thing. I have no experience with that.

Shadow
Jun 25, 2002

ChairmanMeow posted:

My doctor would actually fax it straight to them for me. No script pharmacies is a whole different thing. I have no experience with that.

YOU'VE BEEN NO HELP

lorn Wayne
Jan 7, 2006

:staredog::meowth::pipe:
ah he's an ex hedge fund shitstorm, well that explains pretty much everything ever

the great deceiver
Sep 23, 2003

why the feds worried bout me clockin on this corner/
when there's politicians out here gettin popped in arizona

Shadow posted:

did you need a prescription? asking for a friend

lol @ needing a prescription on the internet. no.

Dick Fagballzson
Sep 29, 2005
Hopefully some HIV or cancer patient with nothing left to lose murders this guy. Everyone would celebrate his death.

Dick Fagballzson fucked around with this message at 00:07 on Sep 23, 2015

Necc0
Jun 30, 2005

by exmarx
Broken Cake

rabble rabble posted:

seriously though why doesn't one of those jackass vcs fund something like that, the pill sharing economy

That's called 'drug reimportation' and many have been trying to get it legalized for a long time.

This is the part where you realize I wrote RE-importation and get really mad.

Mr. Sickos
May 22, 2011

i asked ayn rand and she said this was actually good so lol@ you normies

unlimited shrimp
Aug 30, 2008
I hope he's murdered tbh

Ambrose Burnside
Aug 30, 2007

pensive

Alcatrash posted:

i asked ayn rand and she said this was actually good so lol@ you normies

its been fun watching the hardline libertarians try that angle and having the entire rest of civilized society go "what is wrong with your brain that made you say that thing"

fuck the ROW
Aug 29, 2008

by zen death robot

Dick Fagballzson posted:

Hopefully some HIV or cancer patient with nothing left to lose murders this guy. Everyone would celebrate his death.

nice. I know a guy with a poz load that can get you started, just reply to this message (he may show up at any time)

texasmed
May 27, 2004
lol if you're poz

the great deceiver
Sep 23, 2003

why the feds worried bout me clockin on this corner/
when there's politicians out here gettin popped in arizona

gently caress the ROW posted:

nice. I know a guy with a poz load that can get you started, just reply to this message (he may show up at any time)

uh i just want to quote this, no good reason

Sgt. Shaved Balls
Sep 6, 2006

by Lowtax
String this fucker up.

kindermord
Jun 5, 2003
ducks is chickens with swimmy toes
wait a minute why doesn't cuba or north korea or another glorious socialist paradise make this cat-cootie killer medicine and give it away to the world for free to demonstrate the superiority of communism :confused:

Mr Ice Cream Glove
Apr 22, 2007

http://www.dailydot.com/esports/shkreli-challenger-inori-curryshotgg/

quote:

Former hedge fund manager and pharmaceutical CEO with a checkered past is buying his way into the League of Legends Challenger scene, snatching up top amateur players and laying down some very big promises.

Armed with strong resources and a commitment to the gaming community, we are uniquely able to provide a long-term home for exceptional gamers. Our organization recognizes the value of leading players, understanding the industry-specific goals and accompanying challenges of professional competitors in this emerging industry. By providing stable and sustainable employment for world-class gamers, we hope to set the industry standard for the relationship between team members and the companies they partner with.”

Three-Phase
Aug 5, 2006

by zen death robot

www posted:



holy moly

how I get my hands on them and sell them 2 american gays???

I hope someone smuggles a ton of this in from different countries and distribute it at a minimum markup. Like a medical Robin Hood. :unsmith:

TEAYCHES
Jun 23, 2002

http://fusion.net/story/202317/turing-daraprim-reversal/

dude is backpedaling and isnt gonna hike the price as much

MONKEY TRASH!
Jan 8, 2006

I'm really really ignorant about how pharma companies operate, but I take it that medicine isn't protected under any sort of any-monopoly law? Not even sure if monopoly is the right word in that case... but why couldn't another company make a generic brand of Daraprim?

Shadow
Jun 25, 2002

TEAYCHES posted:

http://fusion.net/story/202317/turing-daraprim-reversal/

dude is backpedaling and isnt gonna hike the price as much

http://fusion.net/story/201757/martin-shkreli-daraprim-twitter/

holy poo poo his tweets... I want to punch this guy in the loving dick

circ dick soleil
Sep 27, 2012

by zen death robot
I have AIDs.

www
Aug 4, 2010

someone explain this please, people give to cancer charities to help find a cure and then people like Martin Shkreli buy up the drugs and sell it @ a massive mark up??? is this a thing???

Time_pants
Jun 25, 2012

Now sauntering to the ring, please welcome the lackadaisical style of the man who is always doing something...

Remember: Threaten one person to give you money or die, you're a mugger. Threaten hundreds of thousands of people to give you money or die, you're a shrewd businessman.

Ambrose Burnside
Aug 30, 2007

pensive

kindermord posted:

wait a minute why doesn't cuba or north korea or another glorious socialist paradise make this cat-cootie killer medicine and give it away to the world for free to demonstrate the superiority of communism :confused:

they oughta but: that whole tightly controlled precursor thing

also the drug is freely available for like no money in many countries that arent the US lol

Ambrose Burnside fucked around with this message at 01:16 on Sep 23, 2015

INCHI DICKARI
Aug 23, 2006

by FactsAreUseless

www posted:

someone explain this please, people give to cancer charities to help find a cure and then people like Martin Shkreli buy up the drugs and sell it @ a massive mark up??? is this a thing???

That's Shkreli's apparent defense for the Daraprim increase; he told The New York Times that Turing needs the dough to invest in developing improved treatments for toxoplasmosis. But doctors told the paper that there's no pressing need for a new med in that field.

One big question is why an older drug like Daraprim has no generic competition. The NYT points out that the brand's distribution is tightly controlled, which could make it tough for generics makers to get the supplies they need in order to develop their own versions. But even without generics, Turing could find that its sales strategy backfires. Buyers might decide to stock cheaper rival drugs instead, despite the fact that Daraprim is currently the generally accepted leader in the field.

circ dick soleil
Sep 27, 2012

by zen death robot

Three-Phase posted:

I hope someone smuggles a ton of this in from different countries and distribute it at a minimum markup. Like a medical Robin Hood. :unsmith:

I want to be played by Jared Leto in drag.

ArbitraryC
Jan 28, 2009
Pick a number, any number
Pillbug

www posted:

someone explain this please, people give to cancer charities to help find a cure and then people like Martin Shkreli buy up the drugs and sell it @ a massive mark up??? is this a thing???

Welcome to capitalism. P much same thing happened with telco too.

Sgt. Shaved Balls
Sep 6, 2006

by Lowtax

Shadow posted:

http://fusion.net/story/201757/martin-shkreli-daraprim-twitter/

holy poo poo his tweets... I want to punch this guy in the loving dick

You'll need special equipment begin the search for it. His dick is still merely hypothetical though, no one really knows...

Professor Shark
May 22, 2012

www posted:

someone explain this please, people give to cancer charities to help find a cure and then people like Martin Shkreli buy up the drugs and sell it @ a massive mark up??? is this a thing???

lol the world is terrible and funny, we live in a Kurt Vonnegut novel

Ambrose Burnside
Aug 30, 2007

pensive

Professor Shark posted:

lol the world is terrible and funny, we live in a Kurt Vonnegut novel

jesus i wish, at least then "everything was beautiful and nothing hurt" wouldnt be way too optimistic an epitaph to ever hope for

Rudoku
Jun 15, 2003

Damn I need a drink...


Maybe this guy is low enough on the evil totem pole to just die, like that Breitbart guy.

Bethamphetamine
Oct 29, 2012

Cat owners deserve toxoplasmosis.

Let those worthless sacks of poo poo cry at a pharmacy because the drug which allows them not to be insane now costs them $5,000 per-pill instead of $13.50.

Relin
Oct 6, 2002

You have been a most worthy adversary, but in every game, there are winners and there are losers. And as you know, in this game, losers get robotizicized!

Unguided posted:

The price is now 55 times what it was because they want money for "research".
as soon as all the other times people got shanked for drastically raising pill prices or maintaining prices for medicines at an unreasonable level in the past 50 years

(it'll never happen)

Relin fucked around with this message at 01:56 on Sep 23, 2015

jenny jones fan
Dec 24, 2007

Do It Once Right posted:

Cat owners deserve toxoplasmosis.

Let those worthless sacks of poo poo cry at a pharmacy because the drug which allows them not to be insane now costs them $5,000 per-pill instead of $13.50.

People also get toxoplasmosis from vegetables :thumbsup:

Necc0
Jun 30, 2005

by exmarx
Broken Cake

fancy sauces posted:

I'm really really ignorant about how pharma companies operate, but I take it that medicine isn't protected under any sort of any-monopoly law? Not even sure if monopoly is the right word in that case... but why couldn't another company make a generic brand of Daraprim?

Necc0 posted:

it's pretty simple:

step 1 : find super obscure yet life-saving drug that only one company bothers to produce because volume & margins are so low
step 2 : buy out company and restrict distribution so competition has a harder time reverse engineering the drug, raise price x5000
step 3 : rake in money while another pharma company rushes to produce a reasonably priced generic which will probably take months
step 4 : go to step 1

Bethamphetamine
Oct 29, 2012

Melmac posted:

People also get toxoplasmosis from vegetables :thumbsup:

Nope, they actually don't. They only say that they do.


(they don't)

OXBALLS DOT COM
Sep 11, 2005

by FactsAreUseless
Young Orc
drug companies got a law passed that medicaid is not allowed to negotiate for the price of drugs. whatever drug companies charge that's what they have to pay lol

Shadow
Jun 25, 2002

Mange Mite posted:

drug companies got a law passed that medicaid is not allowed to negotiate for the price of drugs. whatever drug companies charge that's what they have to pay lol

but dont worry because insurance companies can!

tomatoes and shit
Sep 17, 2015

capitalist equivalent of a checkmate. medicaid, the largest provider of healthcare in the US, will eat the difference in price and develop a massive deficit.

politicians will be up to their ears in complaints about the impending increase of insurance premiums, and will likely set in-motion whatever rube goldberg machine this cunning albanian has concocted.

gg shkreli

hedge fund managers are smart, depraved people

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NigelsPoppet
Jul 22, 2015
You all act like you wouldn't do the same thing

this guy is broke and this was his gamble, he could give a gently caress about what anybody thinks cuz its completely legal

bow to your corporate overlords

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