Banned from Twit­ter, Mar­tin Shkre­li whips up a new on­line tirade in re­sponse to a mock­ing dig from PhRMA chief

Up un­til a cou­ple of weeks ago, if any­one went af­ter Mar­tin Shkre­li, the price goug­ing ex-CEO of Tur­ing (and Retrophin be­fore that), he would im­me­di­ate­ly take to Twit­ter to fire off his pro­fan­i­ty-laced coun­ter­at­tacks. But then the for­mer biotech ex­ec, await­ing tri­al on fraud charges this sum­mer, was banned from Twit­ter for a se­ries of creepy tweets about his “love” for Lau­ren Duca, a Trump crit­ic who had spurred his in­stant-ire per­sona in­to ac­tion.

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