As 150 Health Care Organizations Unite Against Turing, CEO Shkreli Turns On CNBC

Mark Melin

Published onOctober 22, 2015

Updated on May 13, 2021

Martin Shkreli could really use a good PR agent….

As the healthcare industry turns the heat up on Turing Pharmaceuticals from within, with a letter signed by 150 health care industry participants urging the company to live up to its promise to reduce drug prices, the company’s CEO lashed out at a CNBC journalist today, calling her a “moron” on Twitter.

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CNBC reports on 150 healthcare organizations uniting to encourage Shkreli to keep his promise

The issue started this morning when CNBC health care reporter Meg Tirrell reported on 150 health care-related firms calling on Turing to take...

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Mark Melin

Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.

As 150 Health Care Organizations Unite Against Turing, CEO Shkreli Turns On CNBC

CNBC reports on 150 healthcare organizations uniting to encourage Shkreli to keep his promise

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