Study Finds All Major Pharmaceutical Companies Implicated in Bribery Schemes
A study published in February 2026 in the Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics is the first to compile decades of Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) enforcement records into a single analysis. Researchers Kohler, Khan, and Bowra reviewed OECD Working Group on Bribery reports from 1999 through early 2025 and found that virtually […]
Epidemiologist’s Report Linking Vaccines to Autism Removed from X
On Oct. 27, 2025, epidemiologist Nicolas Hulscher, MPH posted a report on X (formerly Twitter) providing evidence that vaccines are the leading cause of autism and soon after this post, Hulscher’s account disappeared from the social networking site.1 Later that day, Hulscher, who is affiliated with the McCullough Foundation and has been publishing studies and […]
Former FDA Director Regulating Vaccines Joins Eli Lilly
The former director of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER), Peter Marks, MD, PhD, who was responsible for the agency’s regulation of the safety and effectiveness of vaccines, joined drug giant Eli Lilly and Company after resigning from the agency on Mar. 28, 2025.1 Dr. Marks alleged […]
Pfizer Accused of Largest Tax Dodging Scheme in Pharmaceutical Industry History
Pfizer, Inc. has been accused of engaging in the largest tax dodging scheme in pharmaceutical history. After a four-year investigation into pharmaceutical companies purported abuse of 2017 tax breaks, Democratic members of Congress have uncovered unprecedented corruption. Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon recently stated that Pfizer allegedly “carried out what could be the largest tax-dodging […]
Pfizer Settles Anti-Kickback Violation Claims for Nearly $60 Million
Pfizer, Inc., on behalf of its wholly owned subsidiary Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has paid almost $60 million dollars to settle claims that the pharmaceutical giant engaged in a kickback scheme from 2020 through 2022. Biohaven was charged with knowingly causing false claims to be submitted to Medicare and other health care programs, as well as […]
FDA Official Leaves Agency Through the “Revolving Door” and Returns to Pfizer
On Feb. 24,2025, Pfizer, Inc. announced that FDA official Patrizia Cavazzoni, MD will rejoin the pharmaceutical company, which makes and sells federally recommended vaccines and drugs, as Pfizer’s Chief Medical Officer and Executive Vice President. Most recently, Dr. Cavazzoni served as Director of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) at the U.S. Food […]