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Pfizer’s Happy Bath in the Brussels Swamp
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Pfizer’s Happy Bath in the Brussels Swamp
January 31, 2023

An apocryphal quote attributed to Henry Kissinger has him asking in jest, “Who do I call if I want to call Europe?” The great diplomat may have struggled to find the Continent’s locus of ultimate power, but Pfizer apparently had no such trouble. The pharma giant knew exactly whom in Brussels to call—or text message, to be more precise—to get a Covid vaccine deal going. That person was European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

Commission Chief Faces Corruption Probe Over Pfizer Contracts
November 20, 2022

The EU can’t have its own puppets swashbuckling the high life and doing their own thing, can they?

Commission Chief Faces Corruption Probe Over Pfizer Contracts
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Biden Pays Big Bucks For Pfizer’s Latest Flop
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Biden Pays Big Bucks For Pfizer’s Latest Flop
June 27, 2022

The Biden administration is paying $10.6 billion in taxpayer money for Pfizer’s unoriginal and ineffective Covid-19 drug, Paxlovid.

Politicians Have No Right Demanding ‘Vaccine Passports’ When the Vaccines Themselves Are Fraught With Risk
August 29, 2021

We must choose between signing up to a lifetime of imperfect shots or remain sort of social pariahs for the rest of our lives, Robert Bridge writes.

Politicians Have No Right Demanding ‘Vaccine Passports’ When the Vaccines Themselves Are Fraught With Risk
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U.S. Dictates Foreign Policy to Australia But Won’t Give It Excess Vaccines
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U.S. Dictates Foreign Policy to Australia But Won’t Give It Excess Vaccines
August 9, 2021

The U.S. expects Australia to follow its foreign policy commands but has rejected a desperate plea for excess vaccines as Sydney remains in lockdown and the U.S. wastes a million doses.

‘Held to Ransom’: Pfizer Plays Hardball in Covid-19 Vaccine Negotiations With Latin American Countries
April 2, 2021

One of the reasons the government wanted Pfizer’s vaccines was because the company said they could be delivered quickly. Yet in the contract, Pfizer wanted to reserve the right to modify the schedule. There was no room for negotiation. “It was take it or leave it,” said the official.

‘Held to Ransom’: Pfizer Plays Hardball in Covid-19 Vaccine Negotiations With Latin American Countries
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EU Continues Its Smoke Screen Stunts Towards the UK and Its Own Vaccine Chaos
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EU Continues Its Smoke Screen Stunts Towards the UK and Its Own Vaccine Chaos
January 30, 2021

With the deaths rising in countries like Italy many are wondering if the EU will run out of time to claw back the credibility that the European Commission and Ursula von der Leyen badly needs.