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‘Pharma Bro’ famous for jacking up AIDS drug price gets early prison release

By Ryan King
Published May 18, 2022 8:52pm ET
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‘Pharma Bro’ famous for jacking up AIDS drug price gets early prison release
Former pharmaceutical CEO Martin Shkreli, dubbed the “Pharma Bro” by critics for jacking up the price of an AIDS drug, got an early release from prison Wednesday. Shkreli, 39, had been sentenced to seven years in federal prison for securities-fraud charges in 2018, but he won an early release by completing programs that qualified him […]

Former pharmaceutical CEO Martin Shkreli, dubbed the “Pharma Bro” by critics for jacking up the price of an AIDS drug, got an early release from prison Wednesday.

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