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 […]
Pfizer’s Corporate Partnership With American Cancer Society Raises Conflict of Interest Questions
Pfizer, Inc. reported that it has been named the American Cancer Society’s (ACS) “2024 Corporate Partner of the Year.” The award acknowledges Pfizer’s ongoing development of products that treat cancer. However, legitimate conflict of interest issues arise when non-profit disease charities become involved in corporate partnerships with pharmaceutical companies that promote therapies and market products […]
Meta’s Zuckerberg Acknowledges Censoring Information About COVID Shots
A recent press video announcement and press release issued on Jan. 7, 2025 by Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder of Facebook and its parent company, Meta Platforms, said that Meta will end its fact-checking program and “dramatically reduce the amount of censorship.” In addition, the company will go back to its previous format of allowing more political […]
Supreme Court Reverses Preliminary Injunction Against Government for Coercing Social Media Firms to Censor Speech
The states of Missouri and Louisiana, together with three doctors, a health care advocate and a news website, sued federal officials and agencies including Anthony Fauci, MD, FBI special agents, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), State Department and Election Assistance Commission. […]