Did you know in 2009 Pfizer plead guilty to misbranding a drug with intent to defraud or mislead, bribing doctors and suppressing adverse trial results?

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• Pfizer pleaded guilty to misbranding a drug with intent to defraud or mislead, bribing doctors and suppressing adverse trial results

  Did you know in 2009 Pfizer plead guilty to misbranding a drug with intent to defraud or mislead, bribing doctors and suppressing adverse trial results?

  Pfizer

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• Pfizer was required to pay a settlement of $2.3 Billion to the Department of Justice, the 2nd largest healthcare fraud settlement in the history of the Department of Justice at the time

  Pfizer was required to pay a settlement of $2.3 Billion to the Department of Justice, the 2nd largest healthcare fraud settlement in the history of the Department of Justice at the time.

  Department of Justice Pfizer

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• Pfizer has paid over $10 billion in settlements for offenses like unapproved promotion of medical products, equipment safety and environmental violation, false claim and foreign corrupt practices

  Pfizer has paid over $10 billion in settlements for offenses like unapproved promotion of medical products, equipment safety and environmental violation, false claim and foreign corrupt practices.

  Pfizer

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• Scott Gottlieb is a former FDA Commissioner and is currently a board member for Pfizer

  Scott Gottlieb is a former FDA Commissioner and is currently a board member for Pfizer.

  Pfizer Scott Gottlieb

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• In the past 40 years, 9 of the 10 FDA Commissioners have worked for pharmaceutical companies after leaving the FDA

  In the past 40 years, 9 of the 10 FDA Commissioners have worked for pharmaceutical companies after leaving the FDA.

  FDA

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• Reuter is the company responsible for the fact checking on Twitter and Facebook

  Reuter is the company responsible for the fact checking on Twitter and Facebook.

  Reuters

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• Jim Smith is the Chairman of Reuters Foundation and also a board member for Pfizer

  Jim Smith is the Chairman of Reuters Foundation and also a board member for Pfizer.

  Jim Smith Pfizer

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• The only FDA approved treatment for covid at the time was Remdesiver

  The only FDA approved treatment for covid at the time was Remdesiver.

  Remdesivir

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• Pfizer has an agreement with Gilead, the owners of Remdesiver to manufacture the drug

  Pfizer has an agreement with Gilead, the owners of Remdesiver to manufacture the drug.

  Gilead Pfizer Remdesivir

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• Pfizer makes large contributions to mainstream media outlets like CNN, ABC, CBS and NBC

  Pfizer makes large contributions to mainstream media outlets like CNN, ABC, CBS and NBC.

  mainstream media outlets Pfizer

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• Everything I’ve just stated is 100% factual and can be easily verified via a quick google search

  Everything I’ve just stated is 100% factual and can be easily verified via a quick google search.

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