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He jacked that up, chris, listen from $13.50 to $750 overnight. >> here's why they say they do it. two points for pushback. one, they charge what the market mr. be will bear, especially what they call orphan drugs and drugs that don't have as wide an application in the populous. they're very expensive to produce. and just like everything else, supply and demand. that's the first point of pushback. >> the problem with that, buying them from companies, for example, they were selling them for $13.50, they were producing it and making a profit. the company that had it before. so why are you going ...

Scar lee said he would drop the price of the drug it still hasn't happened. he raised the price by 5,000 percent from 13.50 to $750. the biotech leader told abc news quote we have agreed to lower the price to dare daraprim that allows the company to make a profit. the 30-day 30 pill supply of daraprim reportedly still costs 27,000 doll rars at local pharmacies. that comes down to $900 a pill including wholesale costs along with the pharmacy pills. the pharmaceutical said it is still committed to lowering the price of the drug. they are looking for the right solution. it's a process that takes ...

Scandalous. take a real close look. her left cheek, yeah, go ahead and go up on it is small and has no cheek bowl than her right cheek does. it makes no sense. the retailer taking heat. grab your cheeks and make sure they're yours wherever you are in america. steve? >> what have we become, "the new york post"? >> thank you, brian. >> all right. we've got all the news that fits in three hours. >> oh, man. >> meanwhile, in other news, it was the price hike that sparked national outrage on this program and everywhere else. the ceo of a pharmaceutical company raised the price of a pill significant...

We're trying to make money. >> martin shakreli becoming the face of the u.s. drug pricing controversy. he sparked outrage when he raised the price of an anti-infection drug daraprim from $13.50 to $750 a pill. the company thousand says that it will lower the cost of the medication, but it has not said exactly by how much. joining us now, dr. alvarez, a member of the fox news a team. thank you for joining us. >> well, look, i think that the whole world is outraged. i'm outraged myself. this is what gives fa pharmaceutical ceos a bad name. and i would call this guy an investor trying to make mon...

Allow it to dodge stroj stronger emission standards. the drug that saw a 5,000 percent price hike overnight came down in price. the ceo martin shkreli became the focus of public outrage after his company took the price of daraprim from there are 13.50 a pill to $750 a pill. now he's backing down. >> we have afred the lower the price of darragh pim to a point that is more affordable and able to allow the company to make a profit but a very small profit and we think these changes will be welcomed. >> the ceo has not said how much lower, but he earned the ire of hillary clinton who said that wh...