A history of Pfizer fraud
2009-0902. Pfizer, largest healthcare fraud settlement in history. Pfizer to Pay $2.3 Billion for Fraudulent Marketing. https://www.globalresearch.ca/justice-department-announces-largest-health-care-fraud-settlement/5738792 It was for off-label drug use, that is, using drugs for a purpose the FDA did not approve. https://abcnews.go.com/Business/pfizer-fined-23-billion-illegal-marketing-off-label/story?id=8477617/
May 2018. Pharmaceutical company Pfizer, Inc. (Pfizer), based in New York, NY, has agreed to pay $23.85 million to resolve claims that it used a foundation as a conduit to pay the copays of Medicare patients taking three Pfizer drugs, in violation of the False Claims Act, the Justice Department announced today. https://oig.hhs.gov/fraud/enforcement/drug-maker-pfizer-agrees-to-pay-2385-million-to-resolve-false-claims-act-liability-for-paying-kickbacks/
A history of Pfizer drug recalls and lawsuits. https://www.drugwatch.com/manufacturers/pfizer/
People are suing Pfizer over Protonix. (Aka pantoprozole.) Protonix lawsuits say Pfizer failed to warn about the risk of kidney problems. In 2013, Pfizer agreed to pay $55 million to settle criminal charges. The U.S. Department of Justice said Wyeth promoted Protonix for unapproved uses in 2000 and 2001. Pfizer acquired Wyeth in 2009. https://www.drugwatch.com/proton-pump-inhibitors/protonix/
Nearly 10,000 women filed Prempro breast cancer lawsuits against Pfizer. By 2012, Pfizer settled most of the claims for more than $1 billion.
About 3,000 people filed Chantix lawsuits against Pfizer. They claimed Chantix caused suicidal thoughts and severe psychological disorders. In 2013, the company set aside about $288 million to resolve these cases. One case settled for an undisclosed amount just before trial in 2012.
More than 7,800 testosterone therapy lawsuits had been filed against manufacturers as of November 2020. Pfizer had reached an agreement with the consumers suing the company in February 2018, ending its role in the massive litigation. The lawsuits say testosterone products caused strokes, blood clots and heart attacks.
Pfizer, a habitual offender with many lawsuits against it, has put a person on the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. What could go wrong? https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2875889/
A Pfizer violating tracker listing the dollar amount paid by Pfizer, and the number of instances of violations. Total violations on this page run well over $10 billion. https://violationtracker.goodjobsfirst.org/parent/pfizer
Pfizer Lobbying shows their intentions
Pfizer is lobbying to thwart whistleblowers from exposing corporate fraud. https://theintercept.com/2021/11/29/pfizer-whistleblower-reform-corporate-fraud/