The left loves their various dictatorial authority figures when such figures support their preferred politics. This is why so many love several of the Big Tech CEOs—they silence the right voices, those "hateful" voices. And though it must be difficult to square that circle—both loving these people for their actions and hating them for being wealthy—the left is masterful when it comes to cognitive dissonance.
So, it'll come as no surprise that a Big Pharma CEO—usually a bugaboo for the left—will be commended for identifying a certain strain of thoughtcrime as, well, a crime.