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| High resolution picture of Martin Shkreli, testifying before Congress. |
CEO Martin Shkreli, considered by almost everybody as the ultimate pharmaceutical "bad boy" after increasing by 5000% the price of a low-cost life-saving drug, was inadequately seen as mocking the US Congress this week.
Indeed, the "angel of the poor", as coined by Shkreli's half-sister's uncle's gardener, would actually be a true benefitor of those who are left out, the homeless and the likes. According to the gardener, all the profits made by Mr. Shkreli are to be given to HIV-positive support groups, nonprofit organizations taking care of drug addicts and homeless people, and many other ad hoc donations. He believes that that has been the true motivation of the price increase, right from the start.
"Yeah, I mean, he gave me a 50$ bill one time, so he can't be a bad guy... True! I was mowing the lawn of someone in his family you see, and then he slowly came to me walking on the freshly cut grass, almost, like, casually, and then stripped me naked, slapped me in the face and pissed on my clothes. And when he ran away laughing (it's true I must have looked funny), a 50$ bill pop out of his back pocket. What a generous man!", the gardener told us.
Shkreli says he had to continuously give the same answer to all Congress questions - i.e. that he couldn't say anything -, since he didn't want his master angel plan to be revealed. He wanted "to act anonymously, so he wouldn't personally get the credit" for those generous and detached acts, he said.
