Why is Martin Shkreli so interested in antiparasitic drugs?

[jmowreader]

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Because he's a parasite?

[Raster]

2. they just write themselves....

[Octafish]

3. Guy's thinking of what's coming.

Climate change means different bugs can live farther north. If anybody, that guy knows the profit potential of misery.

http://www.who.int/globalchange/climate/summary/en/index5.html

[appalachiablue]

4. A forward looking businessman. Aka a predator and opportunist, first rate.

[Octafish]

5. The guy paid $2 million for a Wu-Tang Clan album.

...It was one of the greatest sales pitches the music industry has ever heard. In March 2014, Robert Diggs, better known as RZA, the producer and de facto leader of the Wu-Tang Clan, the iconic rap group, announced that the Clan would create only one copy of its next album, Once Upon a Time in Shaolin, and sell it to the highest bidder. “We’re about to put out a piece of art like nobody else has done in the history of music,” RZA told Forbes. “We’re making a single-sale collector’s item. This is like someone having the scepter of an Egyptian king.”...

http://www.bloomberg.com/features/2015-martin-shkreli-wu-tang-clan-album/

[appalachiablue]

6. Interesting, I'd heard about this. Marty's certainly unafraid of publicity given his

recent actions and is flying so high it makes one think of possible drugs or mania influence. Who knows. I also wonder about the environment he and others like him grew up in, esp. with siblings, and whether there's been much research on psychopathic behavior in families. Studies would be most likely focused on convicted criminals I think. Having familiarity with one of them it's of some interest unfortunately.

[nomorenomore08]

9. You mean a single *non-bootleg* copy... I for one would love to hear that album.

[Act_of_Reparation]

7. Because few people need them, but those who need them REALLY need them.

So far he's bought up treatments for toxoplasmosis and chagas. Unless you're immune-compromised, you don't need to worry about toxo, and unless you're traveling in the savannas and foothills of Central and South America, you don't need to worry about Chagas. But, these conditions can be deadly to those who have them. I suppose Shkreli figures he charge whatever he wants for these drugs and those who need them will have no choice but to pay.

Because these conditions are uncommon, he probably figured no one would go out of their way to stick up for them. If he had pulled this shit with, say, zithromycin, the fed would be so far down his throat he wouldn't be able to sit.

[Hekate]

8. What you said. He thinks he can hold a gun to a terrified person's head & rob them blind.

Seriously, "Your money or your life" appears to be his motto.

[leftyladyfrommo]

10. Been a lot in the news about chagas lately.

The bug that causes it is spreading into the southern US and there have been cases as far north as Missouri.

There have been warnings put out clear across the southern US.