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Clinton made the company and the price hike exhibit A in the case for her drug plan, and she made its CEO the poster child of pharma executives run amok.

It’ll be interesting to see how long this attention lasts.

In an unrelated incident, Turing Pharmaceuticals announced plans to raise the price of pyrimethamine (Daraprim) by more than 4000%.

Martin Shkreli, a former hedge fund manager who is now chief executive officer of Turing Pharmaceuticals AG, was called out by Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

Former hedge fund manager Martin Shkreli is now said to be the world’s most hated person after suffering a severe social media backlash. His startup company, Turing Pharmaceuticals, acquired Daraprim, an AIDS medication drug, in August.