Source: https://www.citizen.org/article/pfizers-power/
n February, Pfizer was accused of “bullying” governments in COVID vaccine negotiations in a groundbreaking story by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism.[1] A government official at the time noted, “Five years in the future when these confidentiality agreements are over you will learn what really happened in these negotiations.”[2]
Public Citizen has identified several unredacted Pfizer contracts that describe the outcome of these negotiations. The contracts offer a rare glimpse into the power one pharmaceutical corporation has gained to silence governments, throttle supply, shift risk and maximize profits in the worst public health crisis in a century. We describe six examples from around the world below.[3]
TABLE 1: SELECT PFIZER CONTRACTS REVIEWED[4]
| Purchaser | Date | Type | Doses | Price Per Dose | Total Cost |
| Albania | Draft[5] | Draft Definitive Agreement | 500,000 | $12 | $6 million |
| Brazil | 03/15/21[6] | Definitive Agreement | 100 million | $10 | $1 billion |
| Colombia | 02/02/21[7] | Definitive Agreement | 10 million | $12 | $120 million |
| Chile | 12/01/20[8] | Definitive Agreement (Redacted) | 10 million | Redacted | Redacted |
| Dominican Republic | 10/29/20[9] | Binding Term Sheet[10] | 8 million | $12 | $96 million |
| European Commission | 11/20/20[11] | Custom Advance Purchase Agreement | 200 million | $18.6[12] | $3.7 billion |
| Peru | 09/17/20[13] | Binding Term Sheet | 10 million | $12 | $120 million |
| United States | 07/21/20[14] | Custom Advance Purchase Agreement (Redacted) | 100 million | $19.5 | $1.95 billion |
| United Kingdom | 10/12/20[15] | Custom Advance Purchase Agreement (Redacted) | 30 million | Redacted | Redacted |
Pfizer’s demands have generated outrage around the world, slowing purchase agreements and even pushing back the delivery schedule of vaccines.[16] If similar terms are included as a condition to receive doses, they may threaten President Biden’s commitment to donate 1 billion vaccine doses.[17]
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