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| https://www.mccaskill.senate.gov/media-center/latest-headlines/claire-mccaskill-blasts-mr-wu-tang-martin-shkreli-over-drug-pricing | Claire McCaskill Blasts 'Mr. Wu-Tang' Martin Shkreli Over Drug Pricing | 2015-12-09 | 2015 | 2015-12 | Democrat | House | MO | Claire McCaskill | M001170 | www.mccaskill.senate.gov | legacy | Claire McCaskill Blasts 'Mr. Wu-Tang' Martin Shkreli Over Drug Pricing Wednesday, December 9, 2015 By: Zachary Tracer During a Wednesday Senate hearing on drug prices, Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill took aimat Turing Pharmaceuticals AG founder Martin Shkreli's spending habits. I noticed in the morning paper, this is the same guy who thought it was a great idea to pay millions of dollars for the only existing album of the Wu-Tang Clan, McCaskill said at the hearing. Shkreli earlier this yearpaid $2 millionto buy the sole copy of an album by the legendary rap group, Bloomberg Businessweek reported Wednesday. McCaskill, who referred to Shkreli as Mr. Wu-Tang, made her comments at a hearing of the Senate Special Committee on Aging. While Shkreli wasn't in attendance, McCaskill and panel witnesses criticized both him and Turing Pharmaceuticals AG. In August, Turing acquired the rights to a decades-old medicine that's used to treat infections that can happen in HIV and cancer patients, and babies with vulnerable immune systems. The company immediately raised the price to$750 a pill, from $13.50, prompting outrage. Print Email Tweet | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |