it is used to treat hiv and cancer patients with weak immune systems to fight a parasite paras, itc infection. >> i probably would have raised the price higher is probably what i would have done. >> why in some >> i think health care prices are inelastic . i could have raised it higher. no-one wants to say it, no-one is proud of it t but this is a capitalist society, system and rules and my investors expect me to back them, to go to 100% of the profit curve that we're all taught in mba class. >> reporter: we made repeated requests to speak with him but got no response. the discount was to be discounted to some hospitals by up to 50%, but that still leaves the drug at $375 per pill. that's call a joke. this organization represents aids drug assistance programs nationwide. he met with the company in washington dc demanding that the price be restored to the original price. >> i think they engaged in some speculation and they speculated with patients' lives. they bought a drug where they knew there wouldn't be competition and he held people hostage for it. that's not how we do drug pricing in u.s