--- description: The former hedge-fund manager known for jacking up prices of Daraprim took the news from Australia very well, judging by his video response title: Martin Shkreli Reacts to Students Recreating His Drug for $2 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1f6fa2d038525d47/6988b05e97cdff2fd06aec0a/gettyimages-547383606.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Martin Shkreli Respond to the School Kids Who Recreated His Drug for $2 a Dose by [Kevin Lui](/author/kevin-lui/) ## Kevin Lui Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 2, 2016 4:23 AM CUT  Martin Shkreli, former chief executive officer for Turing Pharmaceuticals AG, arrives at Federal Court in Brooklyn, New York, U.S, on Thursday, July 14, 2016. Martin Shkreli, former chief executive officer for Turing Pharmaceuticals AG, arrives at Federal Court in Brooklyn, New York, U.S, on Thursday, July 14, 2016.Bloomberg via Getty Images by [Kevin Lui](/author/kevin-lui/) ## Kevin Lui Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 2, 2016 4:23 AM CUT The name of former hedge-fund manager Martin Shkreli [shot to notoriety](http://time.com/4050499/martin-shkreli-record-label/ "undefined") last year when the pharmaceutical company he co-founded, Turing Pharmaceuticals, jacked up prices of Daraprim, a 62-year-old antiparasitic drug now used by patients with weakened immune systems, by over 5,000%. While Turing [reduced the drug’s price](http://time.com/4126724/medicine-drug-cost-turing-pharmaceuticals-daraprim/ "undefined") in the wake of the outrage, the so-called Pharma Bro has stayed in the public eye ever since. From [getting arrested](http://time.com/4153512/martin-shkreli-pharmaceuticals-arrested-turing-daraprim/ "undefined") for securities fraud tied to another pharma firm he’d run to [splurging $2 million to snap up the only copy](http://time.com/4142634/martin-shkreli-wu-tang-clan/ "undefined") of the Wu-Tang Clan’s _Once Upon a Time in Shaolin_ rap album, he has become a lightning rod on social media. So, when news came from Australia that some students in a Sydney high school [had replicated](http://time.com/4587027/sydney-school-boys-martin-shkreli-drugs/ "undefined") Daraprim at roughly $2 a dose, [snarky](https://twitter.com/nedavanovac/status/804075023652655104 "undefined") [comments](https://twitter.com/MartinShkreli/status/804113723854090240 "undefined") [naturally](https://twitter.com/Alyfacee/status/804211093832892416 "undefined") [flooded in](https://twitter.com/Uberpatroit/status/804181369316372480 "undefined") (where else?) on Twitter. He responded to the students and their feat in a 55-second video [on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PteTFL2TT40 "undefined"). In classic, restrained Shkreli style, he also showed his critics how he was taking the reports in stride. > [](https://twitter.com/MartinShkreli/status/804232316398796800) > [](https://twitter.com/MartinShkreli/status/804114694722244608) > [](https://twitter.com/MartinShkreli/status/804115818275631109) He had no issues with Twitter users’ schadenfreude, completely. > [](https://twitter.com/MartinShkreli/status/804113723854090240) > [](https://twitter.com/MartinShkreli/status/804407115402113024) > [](https://twitter.com/MartinShkreli/status/804409806341558272) Twitter even curated a [Moments post](https://twitter.com/i/moments/804099695144554500 "undefined") to document Shrkeli’s tweets, which the pharma entrepreneur gladly shared with everyone else. > [](https://twitter.com/MartinShkreli/status/804423904391331840) The series of reactions acquired a decidedly — shall we say, _Breaking Bad_? — taste toward the end. > [](https://twitter.com/MartinShkreli/status/804448690110726144) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4588458/martin-shkreli-response-sydney-students-daraprim/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4588458/martin-shkreli-response-sydney-students-daraprim/"},"headline":"Watch Martin Shkreli Respond to the School Kids Who Recreated His Drug for $2 a Dose","datePublished":"2016-12-02T04:23:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:39:06.924Z","description":"The former hedge-fund manager is taking the news just fine","url":"https://time.com/4588458/martin-shkreli-response-sydney-students-daraprim/","keywords":["Newsfeed","medicine","Business topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1f6fa2d038525d47/6988b05e97cdff2fd06aec0a/gettyimages-547383606.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Kevin Lui","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/kevin-lui/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1f6fa2d038525d47/6988b05e97cdff2fd06aec0a/gettyimages-547383606.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Former Turing Pharmaceuticals AG Chief Executive Officer Martin Shkreli Court Appearance","caption":"Former Turing Pharmaceuticals AG Chief Executive Officer Martin Shkreli Court Appearance","creditText":"Bloomberg via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4588458/martin-shkreli-response-sydney-students-daraprim/","name":"Watch Martin Shkreli Respond to the School Kids Who Recreated His Drug for $2 a Dose"}}]}] ```