An alternative interpretation is that Shkreli is a sociopath (other evidence of that) who's try to exploit people with no choice, and he's giving some hard to v

An alternative interpretation is that Shkreli is a sociopath (other evidence of that) who's try to exploit people with no choice, and he's giving some hard to verify excuses to deflect criticism. Maybe they will create a new drug with the extra money, but there is no reason to believe a generic drug manufacturer has anything in the way of research capability to do so. There is no reason to view this as anything but bullshit. He had the company switch over to direct sales, which explains most every other point. The only thing to note here is that they raised the price 5000% for a drug from the 40s.