KQED Nightly Business Report February 5, 2016
The word imbusineeciles, referro members of congress. But no testimony. The leader of turing chemicals refused to testify today. The man known as pharmas bad boy for raising the price of an older drug by 500 cited his fifth amendment right against selfrecrimination. But as meg reports from capitol hill he was anything but silent. Reporter representatives from valiant pharmaceuticals, fda, and the pharmacy benefits manager industry group, were all invited to testify today at a congressional hearing on drug pricing. But the star witness was the infamous martin shkreli. His former company, turing...