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Because "shareholder value." [Nirmal Mulye, chief executive of Nostrum Laboratories,] told FT he agreed with Martin "Pharma Bro" Shkreli raising the price of AIDS and cancer drug Daraprim in 2015 from .50 to 0 per tablet, saying he was "within his rights because he had to reward his shareholders." We live in a "capitalist economy and if you can't make money you can't stay in business," Mulye said. "We have to make money when we can. Appropriately, nirman means "no mind."The Week Pharmaceutical company CEO says he has a 'moral requirement' to sell drugs at the highest price Catherine Garcia
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Because "shareholder value." [Nirmal Mulye, chief executive of Nostrum Laboratories,] told FT he agreed with Martin "Pharma Bro" Shkreli raising the price of AIDS and cancer drug Daraprim in 2015 from .50 to 0 per tablet, saying he was "within his rights because he had to reward his shareholders." We live in a "capitalist economy and if you can't make money you can't stay in business," Mulye said. "We have to make money when we can. Appropriately, nirman means "no mind."The Week Pharmaceutical company CEO says he has a 'moral requirement' to sell drugs at the highest price Catherine Garcia
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Mike Norman considers the following as important: capitalism, shareholder value
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Because "shareholder value."
[Nirmal Mulye, chief executive of Nostrum Laboratories,] told FT he agreed with Martin "Pharma Bro" Shkreli raising the price of AIDS and cancer drug Daraprim in 2015 from $13.50 to $750 per tablet, saying he was "within his rights because he had to reward his shareholders."
We live in a "capitalist economy and if you can't make money you can't stay in business," Mulye said. "We have to make money when we can.Appropriately, nirman means "no mind."
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