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American entrepreneur and convicted securities fraudster who became notorious in 2015 for raising the price of the antiparasitic drug Daraprim from $13.50 to $750 per pill as CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals — becoming the public face of pharmaceutical price gouging — and who was subsequently convicted of securities fraud.
Danish pharmaceutical company — manufacturer of Ozempic, Wegovy, and Victoza — the company that created the GLP-1 agonist drug class that became the most significant pharmaceutical development of the 2020s.
British inhaled drug delivery company specializing in treatments for respiratory diseases like asthma and COPD — acquired by Philip Morris International in 2021 in a controversial move that raised ethical questions about a tobacco company owning a respiratory medicine business.