FTC Seeks Contempt Ruling Against Martin Shkreli for Pharma Ban Violations
The Federal Trade Commission and seven states ask a federal court to hold Martin Shkreli in contempt for allegedly trading pharmaceutical stocks and offering investment advice online.
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First reported by Quartz, 1h 00m ahead of the next publisher · who breaks stories first
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The story so far
8 publishers have covered this in 9 articles since 13 Oct 2026. Quartz published first, on 13 October at 13:30 UTC; STAT followed 1h 01m later. The most recent article, from STAT, appeared on 14 October at 13:26 UTC.
Outlets reporting it: News Feed (major outlet), The Guardian US (major outlet), The Hill (major outlet), Ars Technica (major outlet), Quartz, STAT, MarketWatch, All Content from Business Insider.
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How it unfolded
Every source in the order it published.
- QuartzFTC and 7 states are seeking to hold Martin Shkreli in contempt over pharma ban
- STATSTAT+: FTC demands Martin Shkreli divest his pharma stocks
- MarketWatch‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli is in trouble with regulators again, this time for influencing biopharma stocks
- All Content from Business InsiderFTC says Martin Shkreli 'flagrantly and repeatedly' violated his lifetime pharma ban
- News FeedFTC says ‘pharma bro’ Martin Shkreli repeatedly violated industry ban
- The Guardian USFTC and seven states seek contempt ruling against Shkreli over pharma ban
- The HillFTC: 'Pharma bro' Shkreli violated lifetime industry ban, should be held in contempt
- Ars TechnicaMartin Shkreli livestreamed himself violating lifetime pharma ban, FTC says
- STATSTAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about Sanofi settling an EU antitrust probe, ‘pharma bro’ Shkreli, and more
Sources
Every article we clustered into this story. Headlines link to the publisher.
- Martin Shkreli livestreamed himself violating lifetime pharma ban, FTC says Ars Technica ·
- FTC: 'Pharma bro' Shkreli violated lifetime industry ban, should be held in contempt The Hill ·
- FTC and seven states seek contempt ruling against Shkreli over pharma ban The Guardian US ·
- FTC says ‘pharma bro’ Martin Shkreli repeatedly violated industry ban News Feed ·
- STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about Sanofi settling an EU antitrust probe, ‘pharma bro’ Shkreli, and more STAT
- FTC says Martin Shkreli 'flagrantly and repeatedly' violated his lifetime pharma ban All Content from Business Insider
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- Martin Shkreli
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