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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 | 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> | ||
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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 hospital to promote these drugs.<ref name='DoJ Healthcare Fraud Entry' /> | 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' /> | ||
===Nonconsensual Human Experimentation=== | |||
In the Abdullahi v. Pfizer, Inc lawsuit; Pfizer was found to have conducted unconsensual testing, with trovafloxacin, on 200 [[Nigeria|nigerian]] children. The lead investigator, Abdulhamid Isa Dutse, later provided a letter of approval for human trials that was found to be falsified.<ref>{{Citation|author=J. Wise|title=Pfizer accused of testing new drug without ethical approval|journal=BMJ (Clinical Research Ed.)|volume=322|issue=7280|pages=194|year=2001|pmid=11159610|pmc=1119465|doi=10.1136/bmj.322.7280.194}}</ref> | |||
In 2007, the government of Nigeria sued Pfizer for $6.95 billion as a result of this case.<ref>{{Web citation|url=https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news/nigerian-state-sues-pfizer-over-deformity-drug/|title=Nigerian state sues Pfizer over 'deformity' drug|date=2007-05-20|newspaper=Agence France Presse}}</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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| Revenue | + $81.29 billion[1] |
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Pfizer Inc. is a global pharmaceutical corporation.
Violations
Fraudulent Marketing
On September 2, 2009, Pfizer was sued for $2.3 billion by the U.S government for fraudulent marketing of multiple products.[2]
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.[2]
Nonconsensual Human Experimentation
In the Abdullahi v. Pfizer, Inc lawsuit; Pfizer was found to have conducted unconsensual testing, with trovafloxacin, on 200 nigerian children. The lead investigator, Abdulhamid Isa Dutse, later provided a letter of approval for human trials that was found to be falsified.[3]
In 2007, the government of Nigeria sued Pfizer for $6.95 billion as a result of this case.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Pfizer Inc. 2021 Form 10-K Annual Report. Pfizer Inc..
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Office of Public Affairs - Department of Justice. Justice Department Announces Largest Health Care Fraud Settlement in Its History.
- ↑ J. Wise (2001). Pfizer accused of testing new drug without ethical approval. BMJ (Clinical Research Ed.), vol.322 (p. 194). doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7280.194 [HUB]
- ↑ "Nigerian state sues Pfizer over 'deformity' drug" (2007-05-20). Agence France Presse.