INTERVIEW WITH MARTIN SHKRELI

Interviewer : Today we have Martin Shkreli, founder of Retrophin, a pharmaceutical company that brought severe criticism upon itself when it raised the price of a vital pill by a factor of 56 overnight. Martin, how would you like to address those critics?

MS: I did it to please the shareholders.

I : Aren't you concerned about the people who depend on the affordability of the drug to get treated?

MS : We made more money.

I : I understand that. However, are you not also accountable to the public and the insurance companies that have to actually provide care for their customer base?

MS : Our stock went up.

I : Sure, but there is also the munaitarian aspect to it. You can't expect sick people to have to fork 50 times more cash for their care from one day to the next, right?

MS : Millions in my bank account.

I : Okay, but human beings actually suffering from...

MS : $$$.

I : Aw, come on now. You're not even trying. It's not even possible to actually say "$$$" out loud.

MS : Sure it is. It's pronounced *makes strange whitlsing/rattling sound with his lips*

I : I hate my job.