KaloBios Pledges To Do The Right Thing On Drug Pricing

 
• By Jessica Merrill
  
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KaloBios Pharmaceuticals Inc., pushed center stage in the drug pricing firestorm because of its association with Martin Shkreli, announced a new drug pricing framework April 10. The company pledged to develop ""transparent, responsible"" pricing for any drugs it brings to market, including benznidazole, the drug for the neglected tropical disease Chagas disease it is trying to buy from Savant Neglected Diseases LLC.

In an interview, KaloBios' new CEO Cameron Durrant said the company is in the midst of a restart – hoping...

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