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Pfizer and Chinese Communist Party Ink Deal in Unholy Union

Grinding Away at the News, So You Don't Have To

The Grind:

Having signed an opaque agreement to “improve China’s health coverage,” Pfizer and China are officially in bed together — two corrupt, authoritarian peas in a pod.

Via CNBC:

U.S. pharma giant Pfizer has signed an agreement with China to cooperate on improving the country’s health coverage, according to the company.

“We are aligned very much with the China ‘Healthy 2030’ [initiative] and we are trying to contribute as much as we can,” Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla told CNBC’s Eunice Yoon on Saturday.

The Details:

He declined to share further details, including dollar amounts.

It’s safe to say the dollar amount was probably quite high. With an annual revenue of around $100 billion, Pfizer isn’t known for small-dollar business deals.

Pfizer’s China chief framed the agreement as one of benevolence and altruism. Pfizer is mostly interested in sharing their “innovative products” with China.

Any individuals and citizens from China would have the same access to our innovative product,” Pfizer China President Jean-Christophe Pointeau said in the report.

He said the company has around 600 staff dedicated to rural areas “to educate the health care professionals on our breakthrough innovation Oncology, Anti-infectives and Inflammation & Immunology.”…

In January, Bourla said Pfizer had signed an agreement with a local partner to manufacture Paxlovid in China, which production could begin in as soon as three or four months. Read more…

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