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Another Bill C. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-27-04 01:12 PM
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Pfizer declares war on its customers.
http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/8052189.htm

"Canada's largest drug company stepped up efforts to block exports of prescription drugs to the United States on Thursday, shutting off shipments to two wholesalers who allegedly supplied medicine to pharmacies that sold to Americans."

Pfizer declared war on its Canadian customers for selling prescription drugs to U.S. consumers.

Pfizer Inc
235 East 42nd Street
New York, NY 10017
USA
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NuckinFutz Donating Member (852 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-27-04 01:14 PM
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1. greedy bastards!
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Colin Ex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-27-04 01:18 PM
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3. I live in an area newly taken over by Pfizer.
Greedy bastards is too kind a term.

-C
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DK666 Donating Member (727 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-27-04 01:17 PM
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2. I wonder
did Pfizer Inc. receive federal assistance in drug development ?

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Mountainman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-27-04 01:18 PM
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4. If these drugs were unsafe wouldn't Canadians stop taking them also?
That argument is so laughable for anyone to take seriously. Also why is free trade only good when it hurts people?
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evil_orange_cat Donating Member (910 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-27-04 01:22 PM
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5. look at this from a Canadian POV...
all these Americans buying drugs across in their border is driving up the cost of their medicines... it also raises prices in the US. Instead of breaking the law and buying drugs in Canada, we should have the same negotiated prices that Canada has. But currently, the Federal government does not allow states to negotiate prices for drugs.

Pfizer, while a greedy corporation, is doing the right thing. Americans should not be going to Canada to buy drugs. America SHOULD change it's policies regarding pharmaceutical drugs.

but the safety argument is stupid...
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