‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli released from prison early

After his company acquired Daraprim, it raised price of the life-saving drug by 5,000%, prompting national outcry

Martin Shkreli, the Pharma Bro" entrepreneur who astronomically increased the price of a life-saving drug by 5,000%, and became a symbol of corporate Wall Street greed, has been released from prison.

In a statement released on Wednesday, the Federal Bureau of Prisons said he had been released to a halfway house.