Pfizer , Inc. has been hit with the largest settlement in history.
They will be paying $2.3 billion for illegal promotion of their drugs. Pfizer is the largest drug manufacturer in the world. This is not their first run in with the law and illegally pandering their drugs.
“To promote the drugs, authorities said Pfizer invited doctors to consultant meetings at resort locations, paying their expenses and providing perks. They were entertained with golf, massages, and other activities,” said Mike Loucks, the U.S. attorney in Massachusetts.”
Apparently, all the doctors who were seduced to write prescriptions as a result of their wining and dining walk away Scot free. It appears to me that they are just as guilty as Pfizer. They allowed themselves to be bought for little more than “golf, massages, and other activities.”
These doctors should pay for their misconduct.
Pfizer, is of course feeding us the normal blather that corporate America tries to feed us when they are caught with their pants down.
Amy W. Schulman, senior vice president and general counsel of Pfizer stated, “Corporate integrity is an absolute priority for Pfizer,” she said, “and we will continue to take appropriate actions to further enhance our compliance practices and strengthen public trust in our company.”
Hopefully Pfizer will be watched must closer by the authorities than they have in the past, since this action, accompanied the previous actions, show that they have very little corporate conscience.
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