The High Price of Health: Why Price-Gouging Drugs Is Legal Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email Martin Shkreli, a pharmaceutical entrepeneur who raised the price of a life-saving drug by 5,000 percent, has been arrested on securities charges. ( Andrew Burton / Getty ) Produced by Jillian Weinberger Produced by PRI and WNYC