Superdude:
So the CEO of the pharmaceutical company Mylan, Heather Bresch, has decided to up the price of an epi-pen (injector pen containing epinephrine for severe allergic reactions, say to bee stings) from roughly $100 all the way up to the $600 neighborhood, without changing the formula or the injectors. An epi-pen (and, for kids, the epi-pen junior) contains somewhere around $1 of actual medicine.
Let’s look at Heather Bresch, shall we?
She received her M.B.A. from West Virginia University. Retroactively, even though she hadn’t earned the credits for the degree (to the tune of being 22 credits short). But her father was governor of the state when it happened. This was such an egregious offense that the president of the university, Mike Garrison (a schoolmate and former lobbyist for her) was forced to resign afterwards.
She started out in data entry. Worked her way up to CEO in 2007.
Compared to when she took over that position, her personal salary has increased 700%. She recently reported an earning of $19million.
There’s some behind the scenes shit, too, like reincorporating in Europe to avoid a “hostile takeover” and benefit from lax tax laws.
Bottom line: more people are going to die because this rich cunt decided that her lifestyle is just a little more important than whether or not children die from allergies that could have been treated before.
I’m glad that Hillary Clinton has called for her to drop the price. And it looks like there may be a Senate inquiry into it.
Story here: Here's what you need to know about the CEO behind the big EpiPen price hikes
It’s always so hilarious when “liberals” launch into sexist attacks against the women they hate. Thanks for continuing to undermine yourself, misogynist
