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26 Jan 2009, 7:10 am
There's a lot to love about this proposed merger for every academic:   a little bit of antitrust (they are competitors); a little bit of IP (seems like some lucrative patents are about to expire);  a little bit of corporate/international tax (apparently Pfizer has a lot of offshore cash and would prefer not to expatriate it and face tax consequences, diminishing its purchase power); a little bit of M&A/corporate governance (look at that… [read post]
3 Nov 2015, 11:00 am by Paul Caron
” That was the pungent question posed by Pfizer Chairman and CEO Ian Read... [read post]
10 Nov 2009, 7:02 pm
The Kelo and Poletown takings occurred in large part because politically influential corporations (GM and Pfizer) lobbied for them in the first place. [read post]
8 Feb 2008, 4:02 pm
The Pfizer Corporation played a key role instigating the New London, Connecticut condemnations that led to the Kelo case. [read post]
5 Jun 2018, 8:36 am by Ben Vernia
On May 24, the Department of Justice announced that the pharmaceutical company Pfizer, Inc., had agreed to pay $23.85 million, and enter into a five-year corporate integrity agreement, to settle allegations that the company paid kickbacks to patients in the form of copayment waivers paid for by the company’s foundation. [read post]
30 Oct 2012, 7:36 am
While the risk might appear small to a large pharmaceutical corporation, it probably does not seem small to a pregnant mother. [read post]
6 Feb 2009, 8:35 am
Levine.To keep our readers abreast of the situation, we post here a link to Seth Waxman's letter to the Supreme Court (on behalf of Wyeth) explaining that Pfizer and Wyeth "expect the transaction to close at the end of the third quarter or during the fourth quarter of 2009," and that the proposed acquisition does not warrant "amendment of the corporate disclosure statement in [Wyeth's] previously-filed briefs. [read post]
16 Dec 2009, 5:25 am by John J. Cord
It is inconceivable that they would withhold safety information about their drugs, and is an irresponsible position for any corporation to take. [read post]
20 Jul 2007, 3:23 pm
[JURIST] The Nigerian government Friday withdrew and then filed an updated $7 billion lawsuit [BBC backgrounder] against pharmaceutical giant Pfizer [corporate website], adding a new charge of fraud stemming from a drug experiment conducted in the 1990s that allegedly killed or disabled children. [read post]
8 Jan 2016, 1:30 am by Paul Caron
The New Yorker, Why Firms Are Fleeing: The biggest corporate deal of 2015 was also, in the view of many, the shadiest: Pfizer’s $160-billion merger with the Irish drug company Allergan. [read post]
17 Jul 2008, 3:15 pm
you may ask.Of course it is well known through various published accounts, such as White House-outed CIA agent Valerie Plame's heavily redacted book, that the U.S. security services occasionally ask private corporations to serve as "cover" for their undercover agents.The reason I'm asking the question about Pfizer and Africa is that certain posts I've written are attracting a highly unusual interest in highly unusual places.And concerns expressed in some of… [read post]
29 Jan 2009, 1:31 am
The pharmaceutical giant is buying Wyeth for $68 billion in cash and stock, a blockbuster deal that echoes Pfizer's earlier megamergers: Warner Lambert for $93 billion in 2000 and Pharmacia for $57 billion in 2003.Those earlier deals -- just like this one -- were designed to jump-start Pfizer's dangerously shrinking drug pipeline and to create savings from larger scale.Each of those deals, like virtually all corporate mergers, was hailed as a match made in… [read post]
10 Nov 2015, 7:35 pm by Afro Leo
In addition the deal creates options for Pfizer once the drug goes off patent. [read post]
22 Dec 2009, 9:28 am by Qui Tam
Ethisphere, a think tank that focuses on business ethics, corporate social responsibility, anti-corruption and sustainability, has named Pfizer whistleblower John Kopchinski the most influential person in business ethics for 2009. [read post]
17 Sep 2009, 4:00 am
References: Corporate Integrity Agreement hosted on JD Supra $2.3bn Pfizer settlement strips legal team of compliance brief from Legal Week Going With Plan B: Pfizer GC No Longer Oversees Compliance by Amy Miller for Corporate Counsel In Recovery: Pfizer Does Damage Control After $2.3B Settlement by Amy Miller for Corporate Counsel Pfizer Concludes Previously Disclosed Settlement Agreement With U.S. [read post]
17 Jul 2008, 4:45 pm
There are myriad ways, after all, to travel to Pfizer's corporate headquarters on East 42nd Street in midtown Manhattan. [read post]
18 Oct 2012, 7:13 pm by Robert B. Lamm
Lamm’s personal views and should not be attributed to Pfizer Inc. or to Gunster. [read post]