Pfizer accused of holding Brazil ‘to ransom’ over vaccine contract demands
by Mattha Busby and Flávia Milhorance in Rio de Jane from on (#5PC7Z)
Leaked supply document reveals clauses to protect US pharma company from legal action in the event of serious side-effects
Pfizer has been accused of holding Brazil to ransom" over demands to shield itself from possible vaccine side-effect lawsuits in its contract to supply the country with 100m Covid jabs.
In its $1bn (700m) deal with Pfizer Export BV, signed in March, despite its prior complaints, the Brazilian government agreed that a liability waiver be signed for any possible side-effects of the vaccine, exempting Pfizer from any civil liability for serious side-effects arising from the use of the vaccine, indefinitely".
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