The ‘Shkreli Awards’ — for dysfunction and profiteering in health care
You remember a guy named Martin Shkreli? If his name rings a bell, it’s probably because back in 2015, he jacked up the price of an old drug — from around $13 a pill to $750. The media dubbed him “the pharma bro,” and he became a symbol of brazen pharmaceutical greed.
Now, he’s the namesake for the Shkreli Awards — a kind of Oscars for the most outrageous examples of greed, fraud, and general brokenness in American health care.
Every year, a health care think tank called the Lown Institute ranks the top ten worst stories and holds an award ceremony to…
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