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Martin Shkreli, the pharmaceutical entrepreneur facing US charges of securities fraud, has said he had been the target of legal authorities for his much-criticized drug-price hikes and his over-the-top public persona, the Wall Street Journal reported.

The drug being tested, known as KB003, was developed to treat a form of leukemia. However, Mr. Shkreli led an investor group within a few days which took up seventy percent shares in KaloBios in the open market.

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But in a statement issued on Monday, the company said Mr Shkreli had been “terminated” as CEO and “resigned from his position as a member of the board of directors” at the end of last week.

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In message posted on Twitter, Shkreli wrote, “I am confident I will prevail”.

On Friday he resigned from Turing Pharmaceuticals. He is accused of using money from his first pharmaceutical company, Retrophin, to pay off money-losing investors in his hedge funds.