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Was your wife helping with these studies?

Dr. Kay Dickersin, a John Hopkins Professor of Medicine, who reviewed the Pfizer studies, concluded that 80% of the positive studies were published in full journal articles.

Yet, only 38% of negative studies were published, and some only partially.

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Experts Conclude Pfizer Manipulated Studies (Published 2008)The drug maker manipulated the publication of studies to bolster use of its epilepsy drug Neurontin, according to expert witnesses in a lawsuit against the company.https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/health/



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In 2009, Pfizer paid $750M to settle 35,000 claims that its drug, Rezulin, was responsible for 63 deaths and dozens of liver failures.

The FDA did not remove Rezulin from the market until three years after the UK had, despite a mounting death toll.

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Pfizer Agrees to Settle Suit Over Diabetes Drug RezulinPfizer Inc. agreed Friday to settle a lawsuit over the diabetes drug Rezulin after a jury earlier in the day awarded $43 million to a Texas woman who said it destroyed her liver.https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-dec-



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In 2009, Pfizer was fined $2.3 billion, then the largest healthcare fraud settlement and the largest criminal fine ever imposed in the US.

Pfizer pled guilty to paying kickbacks to doctors and illegally promoting — Bextra, Geodon, Zyvox, and Lyrica.

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Justice Department Announces Largest Health Care Fraud Settlement in Its HistoryAmerican pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. and its subsidiary Pharmacia & Upjohn Company Inc. (hereinafter together “Pfizer”) have agreed to pay $2.3 billion, the largest health care fraud settlement i…https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-an



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In 2012, Pfizer paid $1.2 billion to settle claims by nearly 10,000 women that its drug, Prempro, caused breast cancer.

This included punitive damages for the pharmaceutical giant withholding warnings about the risk of breast cancer.

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Pfizer expects to wrap up Prempro suits for $1.2B totalThe price tag Pfizer's Prempro settlements is now in. The drugmaker has paid $896 million to wrap up about 60% of the patient lawsuits, Bloomberg reports. | Drugmaker paid $896M to settle 6,000 cases …https://www.fiercepharma.com/regulatory/pfizer-ex