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01/31/2023
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By Ramon Tomey
NEVER FORGET: Pfizer paid almost $785M settlement in 2016 due to overcharging Medicaid for heartburn drug
Back in 2016, pharmaceutical giant Pfizer paid out a $784.6 million settlement to resolve allegations that it overcharged Medicaid for the price of its heartburn drug Protonix. According to a February 2016 piece in the Whistleblower News Review, the allegations were a legacy suit Pfizer inherited from the drug manufacturer Wyeth, which the New York-based company acquired […]
01/18/2023
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By Ramon Tomey
REPEAT OFFENDER: Pfizer shelled out $273M in 2013 to settle claims linked to its anti-smoking drug Chantix
Back in 2013, Pfizer paid out $273 million to settle lawsuits linked to its anti-smoking drug Chantix. The amount set aside by the drug firm was meant for about 2,700 state and federal complaints – four-fifths of the total number. A March 2013 report by Fierce Pharma elaborated on the settlement, citing a securities filing […]
01/17/2023
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By Ramon Tomey
In 2012, the SEC charged Pfizer with violation of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Back in 2012, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged Pfizer with violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (FCPA). The regulator accused the drug giant of bribing medical professionals in other countries to win deals. An Aug. 7, 2012 press release by the SEC elaborated on the charges. It alleged that “employees […]
01/16/2023
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By Ramon Tomey
COERCION: Pfizer targeted Nigerian AG in 2009, pressured him to cease legal action
Pfizer targeted Nigeria’s federal attorney general (AG) in 2009, pressuring him to cease legal action and drop any complaints in relation to the company’s disastrous trials of its meningitis drug Trovan. Back in 1996, amid an outbreak of meningitis in the northern Nigerian state of Kano, Pfizer conducted an unauthorized trial of Trovan involving 200 […]
01/13/2023
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By Ramon Tomey
PFIZER FLASHBACK: Pfizer sued by 30 Nigerian families for using children as human guinea pigs in illegal clinical trial
Back in 2001, 30 Nigerian families sued Pfizer in federal court over its illegal 1996 clinical trial in Nigeria’s Kano state. The clinical trial, which was conducted on children without their parents’ consent, killed 11 participants. The Aug. 29, 2001 lawsuit filed in federal court in New York accused the drug giant of using the […]
01/12/2023
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By Ramon Tomey
HISTORY OF FRAUD: Pfizer agreed to pay $49 million settlement in 2002 over Lipitor price gouging
Back in 2002, Pfizer agreed to a $49 million settlement over allegations that it defrauded the federal government and 40 states by charging too much for its cholesterol treatment Lipitor. The Department of Justice (DOJ) confirmed Pfizer’s settlement with federal authorities, the New York Times reported on Oct. 29, 2022. The New York-based drug manufacturer […]
01/11/2023
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By Ramon Tomey
NEVER FORGET: Pfizer used “dirty tricks” to avoid massive payout to Nigeria, 2009 WikiLeaks cables reveal
Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer resorted to “dirty tricks” in order to avoid paying a settlement to Nigeria, following the disastrous 1996 clinical trial of its antibiotic Trovan in the country’s Kano state. According to an April 2009 cable obtained and later published by WikiLeaks, the New York-based drug manufacturer came to a tentative $75 million agreement […]
10/18/2022
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By Ramon Tomey
Biden administration proposes permanently opening all borders between US, Mexico and Canada
A recent report revealed that the Biden administration proposed to open the country’s northern border with Canada and southern border with Mexico – effectively dissolving the United States. The news first broke out through an announcement by Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who divulged that U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken put forward the proposal. […]
10/14/2022
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By Ramon Tomey
Croatian MEP Kolakusic: EU’s purchase of excess COVID-19 vaccine doses is “biggest corruption scandal in history”
Croatian Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Mislav Kolakusic blasted the European Union’s purchase of excess Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine doses, calling it the biggest corruption scandal in history. “The purchase of 4.5 billion doses of the COVID-19 vaccine for 450 million EU residents is the biggest corruption scandal in the history of mankind,” he […]
08/26/2022
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By Ramon Tomey
DEA head: Mexican cartels are using FENTANYL to kill Americans in record numbers
The head of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) warned that Mexican cartels are using the opioid fentanyl to kill Americans in record numbers. DEA Administrator Anne Milgram issued this warning during an Aug. 19 interview on “CBS Mornings.” She cited two major drug cartels as the main driving forces behind the majority of fentanyl-related deaths […]
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