(AGENPARL) - Roma, 27 Aprile 2023 - (AGENPARL) – gio 27 aprile 2023 27 April 2023
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Pfizer AGM: COVID-19 meds brought in nearly $1,500 every second for Pfizer
Responding to [Pfizer’s 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders](http://tracking.vuelio.co.uk/tracking/click?d=Fn6dalkdXF7uSM1KEJOcUojyV407w1lRVAZrd4nrcyMHp8UpdNI5VB0c2LbB1HUIxhZVHO7t9o_vvphJlDrF3xXyF5z2DpXYFSvghSgN2QUew1-FQ0j1zBh3ObhI5knBCBr8091sa9GBxOIkRaF8mjcNLsZAKGojmgD1FXgQRgn9Sqp4xfSF1i9WOA0ne-7jeKO6w6W_LgnHY4vmxZ5GZxtv1ggj81NnPEDT94eivDADJHc0iqeZdscHyRA496rwzFhiJ6QYnVdQ-g2v4Ar-yDwiKfv0hRF0Sg_GqQatWxEi0), held online today, Mohga Kamal-Yanni, Policy Co-Lead for the People’s Vaccine Alliance, said:
“Pfizer has spent this pandemic ripping off health systems while handing billions to shareholders. From COVID-19 products alone, Pfizer has brought in $94 billion in 2021 and 2022, equivalent to nearly $1,500 every second. The sheer scale of plunder is astounding.
“Even when Pfizer allowed generic versions of Paxlovid to be made, millions of people in developing countries were excluded. Meanwhile, Pfizer is jacking up vaccine prices in the United States. Wherever you live, this company is maximizing its profits at the expense of your health. It is time for governments to work together to reign in these pandemic profiteers.”
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Notes to editors
Oxfam has calculated that COVID-19 products brought in $94 billion in revenue for Pfizer in 2021 and 2022. The People’s Vaccine Alliance has calculated this is equivalent to $1,490 every second: [https://www.oxfamamerica.org/press/press-releases/pfizer-moderna-johnson-johnson-merck-shareholders-must-vote-to-end-unequal-access-to-covid-19-vaccines-and-medicines/](http://tracking.vuelio.co.uk/tracking/click?d=Ty_ExXKvnoyad-WatQfDvHgC6ktsXBXMC6NQAWmI9ubjoxB5VSRUjaxoWvJ_YrxeVcsJkdShbRlleDqmIcKzWQhAJDXKVGvAmbRnJWDiL6x6DGob5n37jPmGIne2I6PrFIwWXpMenqbEalREwt70Yo3e0ni4ngSrTMLn5S46fK32N_aZ5t9864PXSV2bV9esw-mc7W729Fg4Gt8DTkS6l49LIN6yx7faULkzAj4HyRwrIS2XIlPBwuHl25fXQKaxwPQB7vu9_-nxIOHSO9l_n9Exf4Umql9BKQqUUfDf-6BgH5iUCx-N5vbkP70me722-ioSCuIjF7Sw1eniaGG8I2A1)
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