It was announced in July that the U.S. was going to Pay Pfizer, BioNTech $2 Billion for 100 Million Doses of Coronavirus Vaccine…
Kind of makes up for the $2.3 billion Pfizer agreed to pay in 2009 criminal plea
https://twitter.com/o_rips/status/1325873355124174849
The settlement includes a $1.3 billion criminal fine related to methods of selling Bextra, which was withdrawn from the market in 2005 on safety concerns. Pfizer acquired Bextra in its 2003 purchase of Pharmacia Corp.
Pfizer’s marketing team promoted Bextra for acute pain, surgical pain and other unapproved uses, while its salesforce promoted the drug directly to doctors for those unapproved uses and dosages, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pfizer-settlement/pfizer-to-pay-2-3-billion-agrees-to-criminal-plea-idUSTRE5813XB20090902