'Pharma Bro' Martin Shkreli Says The New Head Of FDA's CBER, Vinay Prasad, Is "Nuts" And That Pharma Firms Are "Gonna Go Out Of Business"

'Pharma Bro' Martin Shkreli Says The New Head Of FDA's CBER, Vinay Prasad, Is "Nuts" And That Pharma Firms Are "Gonna Go Out Of Business"

Martin Shkreli was once dubbed the most hated C-suite executive in America for massively hiking the price of a life-saving drug. Ever since his brief stint in prison, however, Shkreli has built a sizable following on X, courtesy of his surprisingly insightful takes on pharma-focused topics. In keeping with his proclivity to comment on all things pharma-related, Martin Shkreli has just landed a few hard-hitting punches against the new head of FDA…

A New “Creature” Emerges

Yesterday, I listed out what I like to call “the Creatures of the Internet” — personalities, some distinctly unqualified, who have gained positions in the scientific authority space by playing a new technology-focused game, catering to Big Tech players, using Big Tech tools to gain prominence, and embracing cyberlibertarian lines of thinking like those embraced by the libertarians of Silicon Valley.A new creature just joined the Administration, …