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Sanders tweet causes drug company to lose $400M in a day [View all]
Sanders told his 2.6 million followers that Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc. had raised the price of its leukemia drug “to almost $199,000 a year.”
“Drug corporations’ greed is unbelievable,” Sanders tweeted.
Shortly after the tweet, Ariad’s stock lost 15 percent of its value — or $387 million dollars — its biggest intraday decline in over a year, according to Bloomberg.
“Drug corporations’ greed is unbelievable,” Sanders tweeted.
Shortly after the tweet, Ariad’s stock lost 15 percent of its value — or $387 million dollars — its biggest intraday decline in over a year, according to Bloomberg.
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/301128-sanders-tweet-causes-drug-company-to-lose-400m-in-a-day
~~~Now that is some POWER! You go Bernie! ~~~
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