Drug that skyrocketed 5,000% hasn't come down in price

Posted online October 12, 2015 | 11:36 am

The drug that skyrocketed in price from $13.50 to $750 a pill has yet to come back down.

"We've agreed to lower the price of Daraprim to a price that is more affordable," Martin Shkreli, CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals, said on ABC World News Tonight on Sept. 24. He did not specify a price or timeline.

Used by cancer and AIDS patients, the drug's price increase sparked a public outcry.

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