☝️Having once been in the pharmaceutical industry myself, (thankfully been out for 10 years) the time to market and seize profits is usually dwindled down to 7 years.
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Pfizer engaged in fraudulent business practices in getting drug approvals.
Example: FELDENE, an anti-inflammatory medication:
PFIZER submitted a “new-drug” application for Feldene twice to the FDA (3/1978; 5/1980). Both applications were REJECTED due to poor testing protocols.
In September 1981, Pfizer resubmitted.
Then…
while the FDA was still considering the application, Pfizer sponsored a reception at the meeting of the American Rheumatism Association in Boston. Pfizer showed a film promoting Feldene which the FDA said was illegal!!
Example: FELDENE, an anti-inflammatory medication:
PFIZER submitted a “new-drug” application for Feldene twice to the FDA (3/1978; 5/1980). Both applications were REJECTED due to poor testing protocols.
In September 1981, Pfizer resubmitted.
Then…
while the FDA was still considering the application, Pfizer sponsored a reception at the meeting of the American Rheumatism Association in Boston. Pfizer showed a film promoting Feldene which the FDA said was illegal!!
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This was just the beginning of a series of high-profile scandals and legal problems for PFIZER.
What came next was the scandal involving heart valves produced by Shiley…a division of Pfizer.
What came next was the scandal involving heart valves produced by Shiley…a division of Pfizer.
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A 1991 FDA task force charged that Pfizer-Shiley withheld information about safety problems from regulators in order to get initial approval for its valves.
In November 7, 1991, The Wall Street Journal asserted that Shiley had deliberately falsified manufacturing records relating to valve fractures, which resulted in catastrophic consequences.
By 2012 it was reported that 663 individuals had died as a result of the defective valves.
In November 7, 1991, The Wall Street Journal asserted that Shiley had deliberately falsified manufacturing records relating to valve fractures, which resulted in catastrophic consequences.
By 2012 it was reported that 663 individuals had died as a result of the defective valves.
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Pfizer ultimately agreed to pay between $165 million and $215 million to settle lawsuits related to the The Björk-Shiley Convexo-Concave Heart Valve.
It also agreed to pay $10.75 million to settle US Justice Department charges that it lied to regulators in seeking approval for the valves.
It also agreed to pay $10.75 million to settle US Justice Department charges that it lied to regulators in seeking approval for the valves.
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☝️This unapproved clinical trial by PFIZER on 200 Nigerian children resulted in the death of 11 children!!
It is alleged that many more children later suffered “serious side-effects ranging from organ failure to brain damage.”
It is alleged that many more children later suffered “serious side-effects ranging from organ failure to brain damage.”
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☝️I hope everyone prints this off and gives to anyone even thinking about getting the vaccines.
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