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EXPLAINED: Martin shkreli ban from pharmaceutical industry upheld by us court | Rare Historical Photos

Martin Shkreli outside court in Manhattan in 2017.
Martin Shkreli outside court in Manhattan in 2017. Photograph: Amr Alfiky/Reuters

Martin Shkreli, the “pharma bro” entrepreneur who astronomically increased the price of a life-saving drug by more than 4,000% and became a symbol of corporate Wall Street greed, cannot return to the pharmaceutical industry, a court has ruled.

A federal appeals court in New York upheld his lifetime ban from the business.

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