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| footnotes = <ref name=10K>{{Citation|title-url=https://s28.q4cdn.com/781576035/files/doc_financials/2021/ar/PFE-2021-Form-10K-FINAL.pdf |title=Pfizer Inc. 2021 Form 10-K Annual Report |publisher=Pfizer Inc.}}</ref> | | footnotes = <ref name=10K>{{Citation|title-url=https://s28.q4cdn.com/781576035/files/doc_financials/2021/ar/PFE-2021-Form-10K-FINAL.pdf |title=Pfizer Inc. 2021 Form 10-K Annual Report |publisher=Pfizer Inc.}}</ref> | ||
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'''Pfizer Inc.''' is a global pharmaceutical corporation. | '''Pfizer Inc.''' is a global pharmaceutical corporation. | ||
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===Fraudulent Marketing=== | ===Fraudulent Marketing=== | ||
On September 2, 2009, Pfizer was sued for $2.3 billion by the [[United States of America|U.S]] government for fraudulent marketing of multiple products.<ref name='DoJ Healthcare Fraud Entry'>{{Citation|title=Justice Department Announces Largest Health Care Fraud Settlement in Its History|title-url=https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-largest-health-care-fraud-settlement-its-history|author=Office of Public Affairs - Department of Justice}}</ref> | On September 2, 2009, Pfizer was sued for $2.3 billion by the [[United States of America|U.S]] government for fraudulent marketing of multiple products.<ref name='DoJ Healthcare Fraud Entry'>{{Citation|title=Justice Department Announces Largest Health Care Fraud Settlement in Its History|title-url=https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-largest-health-care-fraud-settlement-its-history|author=Office of Public Affairs - Department of Justice | ||
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Pfizer bribed the U.S government for $1 billion to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act of illegal promotion of the drugs: Bextra, Geodon, Zyvox, and Lyrica; and illegal bribery of | Pfizer bribed the U.S government for $1 billion to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act of illegal promotion of the drugs: Bextra, Geodon, Zyvox, and Lyrica; and illegal bribery of hospital to promote these drugs.<ref name='DoJ Healthcare Fraud Entry' /> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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