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04/18/24

Pfizer’s Latest ‘Dear Scientist’ Video Stars Long COVID Patient Looking for Answers + More

The Defender’s Big Pharma Watch delivers the latest headlines related to pharmaceutical companies and their products, including vaccines, drugs, and medical devices and treatments. The views expressed in the below excerpts from other news sources do not necessarily reflect the views of The Defender. Our goal is to provide readers with breaking news that affects human health and the environment.

04/09/24

Pfizer Seeks FDA Approval for RSV Vaccine for Young Adults, Is Also Conducting RSV Trial for Kids as Young as 2

Pfizer said Tuesday it plans to use data from a clinical trial it concluded last month to seek expanded approval of its RSV vaccine, Abrysvo, for all adults ages 18 and up. The vaccine maker also said it has begun trials for the drug in children ages 2-18.

04/08/24

Pfizer’s Misleading COVID Vaccine Claims ‘Brought Discredit’ on Big Pharma, UK Regulator Finds

The Prescription Medicines Code of Practice Authority, an independent, self-regulatory body established by the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry, ruled that the company breached five rules in its Code of Practice for advertising.

03/15/24

GSK and Pfizer RSV Vaccines for Pregnant Women Increased Risk of Preterm Births — GSK Ended Its Trials, but FDA Approved Pfizer Shots

GSK stopped developing a vaccine for pregnant women to protect newborns against syncytial virus (RSV) after identifying an increased risk of preterm births. Pfizer won approval of its nearly identical vaccine after the company said the increased rate of preterm births in its trials was statistically insignificant.

03/14/24

DOJ Asks Court to Toss Whistleblower Lawsuit Alleging Pfizer Defrauded U.S. Government

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday asked to intervene in a lawsuit alleging Pfizer committed fraud during clinical trials for its COVID-19 vaccine. The DOJ also asked the court to dismiss whistleblower Brook Jackson’s lawsuit against Pfizer.

03/13/24

COVID Vaccine Trials Were Biased: How Pfizer, Moderna Exaggerated Shots’ Efficacy

According to Raphael Lataster, Ph.D., a former pharmacist and self-described misinformation specialist, four recent papers describe serious biases in COVID-19 immunization trials that caused investigators to exaggerate the products’ meager benefits while downplaying their dangers.

03/05/24

90% of U.S. Cheese Contains GMO Made by Pfizer

Rennet is used as a clotting agent to curdle the milk into cheese, separating the liquid parts of milk from the solids. Pfizer makes a genetically modified rennet, but because of a labeling loophole, cheese containing Pfizer’s rennet does not have to be labeled as containing a genetically modified organism.

03/01/24

House Panel Investigating White House Pressure to Rush Pfizer Vaccine Approval

During recent testimony, U.S. Food and Drug Administration scientist Dr. Peter Marks admitted Biden administration officials pressured the agency to approve Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to “allow vaccine mandates to occur.”

02/27/24

Pfizer Quietly Studied Myocarditis in Children a Month Before FDA Authorized COVID Shots for Kids Ages 5-11

While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was promoting the COVID-19 vaccine as “safe and effective” for children and teens, Pfizer was studying whether and how much it damaged their hearts, according to a DailyClout report on internal Pfizer documents.

02/01/24

Australian Man Injured by Pfizer Vaccine Wins ‘Landmark’ Claim Against Employer

Daniel Shepherd, who developed pericarditis after his employer required him to take Pfizer’s COVID-19 booster, took his case to an employment tribunal, which ordered Shepherd’s employer to pay worker’s compensation benefits and reimburse him for medical expenses.

01/18/24

Pfizer’s COVID Vaccine Caused Autism-Like Behaviors in Offspring of Rats Vaccinated During Pregnancy

Pfizer’s BNT162b COVID-19 vaccine administered to pregnant rats was associated with significant structural and biochemical changes in the brains of offspring and noticeable deficits in several behavioral domains. These effects may not directly relate to humans, and the study period did not allow for the possibility that these effects are reversible.

01/09/24

Pfizer Shells Out $43 Billion for Cancer Drugmaker With Sales of Only $2.2 Billion

Amid plummeting sales of its COVID-19 vaccines, Pfizer acquired Seagen, a biotech company that makes drugs designed to use monoclonal antibodies to deliver anti-cancer agents to tumors while limiting damage to surrounding tissue.

01/09/24

Pfizer to Remain Aggressive on Obesity Market After Setback + More

01/08/24

Pfizer Seeks Dismissal of Texas Lawsuit Alleging False and Deceptive Marketing of COVID Vaccines

Pfizer is seeking to shift a lawsuit filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton accusing the drug giant of “false” and “deceptive” marketing of its COVID-19 vaccines to federal court, arguing the 99th Judicial District Court for Lubbock County, where the lawsuit was filed, lacked jurisdiction.

01/03/24

Millions of Doses of Pfizer’s Paxlovid Will Go to Waste in U.K., EU as COVID Demand Plummets + More

The Defender’s COVID NewsWatch provides a roundup of the latest headlines related to the SARS CoV-2 virus, including its origins and COVID vaccines. The views expressed in the excerpts from other news sources do not necessarily reflect the views of The Defender.

01/02/24

2023 Drug Approvals: After a Down Year, FDA Signs Off on a Bounty of New Meds, Including 7 From Pfizer + More

12/22/23

Author of Study Used to Vilify Unvaxed Had Ties to Pfizer — New Peer-Reviewed Research Shows Why the Study Was Flawed

A new peer-reviewed study by researchers Joseph Hickey, Ph.D., and Denis Rancourt, Ph.D., re-examined the mathematical models used to justify policies that barred unvaccinated people from public venues. They found the models were based on the application of flawed mathematical risk models.

12/14/23

mRNA Vaccines May Produce Random, ‘Nonsense’ Proteins That Can Trigger Unintended Immune Response — Did Pfizer Know?

An inherent defect in the modified RNA (modRNA) instructions for the spike protein in COVID-19 immunizations causes cells to produce “off-target” proteins in addition to the spike. These proteins, which developers either failed to look for or did not report to regulators, cause undesirable immune responses whose long-term effects are unknown.

12/13/23

Pfizer Loses $12.93 Billion as COVID Vaccines Stall + More

12/06/23

FDA Knew COVID Vaccine Safety Monitoring System Was ‘Not Sufficient,’ Latest Pfizer Documents Confirm

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration this week released its last batch of files related to the licensing of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for ages 16 and up. The files reveal the agency knew its product safety monitoring system was “not sufficient” for assessing the risk for myocarditis and pericarditis following vaccination.

12/01/23

Texas Sues Pfizer for ‘False’ and ‘Deceptive’ Marketing of COVID Vaccines

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Thursday sued Pfizer alleging the drugmaker misrepresented the effectiveness of its COVID-19 vaccine and attempted to censor public discussion of the product. Experts claim the suit may succeed in sidestepping the PREP (Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness) Act’s liability shield.

11/28/23

How Pfizer and Moderna Control the Vaccine Narrative and Influence Health Policy

Pfizer and Moderna are operating a complex global web of influence operations to control the discourse around vaccines — funding lobbying and censorship efforts, using artificial intelligence to monitor and flag vaccine-related conversations on social media, and tracking elected officials who oppose vaccine mandates.

11/22/23

Pfizer, Moderna Spend Millions on Ads Featuring Catchy Phrases and Celebrities to Push COVID Shots

Facing dramatic stock market declines and growing resistance to their mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, Pfizer and Moderna are running upbeat TV commercials with jingles and celebrities to push COVID-19 vaccination just in time for the holidays.

11/22/23

Texas Sues Pfizer for ‘Endangering Children’ by Selling Ineffective ADHD Drug

The suit alleges Pfizer knowingly distributed Quillivant XR, a drug used for treating attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, to children on Medicaid — despite the drug’s pattern of failing quality control tests.

11/17/23

‘Ethically Problematic’: Pfizer Failed to Tell Pregnant Women in RSV Vaccine Trial About Preterm Birth Risk

According to an investigation by The BMJ, when GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals halted its RSV vaccine trial over preterm birth risks, Pfizer continued its similar trial while omitting these risks from consent forms. Experts criticized Pfizer’s lack of transparency as an ethical violation compromising informed consent.

11/09/23

Pfizer Gathers Celebrities Together for a Crossover COVID Booster Ad + More

10/31/23

DNA Contamination in Pfizer Shots Could Transfer From Pregnant Mom to Fetus, Experts Suggest

According to a panel of experts, led by Steve Kirsch, regulators are ignoring proof that Pfizer intentionally concealed the presence of contaminants in its COVID-19 vaccines. Those contaminants could threaten unborn babies whose mothers receive the vaccine, the experts said in a recent video.

10/30/23

Latest Data Raise More Questions About Pfizer Vaccine Trial

A recent Pfizer data dump reveals more suspicious anomalies around the trial that launched a worldwide COVID-19 vaccination campaign.

10/27/23

How Pfizer Hid Nearly 80% of COVID Vaccine Trial Deaths From Regulators

According to an analysis, published this month in the International Journal of Vaccine Theory, Practice, and Research, of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial data, the vaccine makers hid fatality data from regulators in order to qualify for Emergency Use Authorization.

10/26/23