In the largest health care fraud lawsuit filed under the False Claims Act in American history, Pfizer agreed to pay $2.3 billion in compensation fees in 2009. Pfizer cannot keep using the government as a shield from liability for making false claims about its COVID vaccine any longer.
In response to Pfizer's move to dismiss a False Claims Act suit, attorneys for a whistleblower contended that the pharmaceutical company cannot use the government as a defense from responsibility for making false claims regarding its COVID-19 vaccine.
“Respondents claim fraudulent certifications, false statements, doctored data, contaminated clinical trials, and firing of whistleblowers can be ignored based on the theory that they contracted their way around the fraud,” lawyers for Brook Jackson, who worked as regional director at one of the clinical trials used to develop the Pfizer vaccine, wrote in their Aug. 22 response (read below).
“A drug company cannot induce the taxpayers to pay bil...
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