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 […]
Bayer Petitions U.S. Supreme Court to Stop Roundup Herbicide Lawsuits
Bayer, Inc. has filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court seeking review of a lower court decision finding that its popular weed killer Roundup causes cancer. The Missouri Supreme Court declined to hear Bayer’s appeal of the lower court’s decision, so the drug giant went to the highest court in the land.1 This is […]
Forced Vaccine Lawsuit in North Carolina Allowed to Move Forward
The State Supreme Court in North Carolina has ruled that a mother may sue the public school system and a physician’s group for giving her son the COVID-19 shot without her informed consent. In a split 5-2 decision, the state’s highest court overturned the trial and Appellate Court decisions that denied the mother’s right to […]
Iowa Bill Advances Requiring Drug Companies to Waive Immunity from Design Defect Vaccine Injury Lawsuits
An Iowa House of Representatives subcommittee advanced a bill that would prevent the sale, distribution and administration of vaccines in the state unless vaccine manufacturers have waived immunity from being sued in civil court for product design defect. The bill requires drug companies to waive immunity from vaccine design defect claims even though blanket immunity […]
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 […]
Gardasil Lawsuit Worth $8 Billion Set for Jury Trial
Merck & Co. is about to face a jury trial defending against a claim that Merck advertisements misrepresented that the Gardasil vaccine was safe and effective. The jury will determine whether the drug giant hid the risks and side effects associated with its lucrative HPV (human papilloma virus) vaccine marketed to children and young adults.1 […]