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How terrible! Another evil American company fails to do its part to help the global village!
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[quote]British researchers working in an East African village say a single dose of an antibiotic appears to stop infections that cause trachoma, the world’s leading preventable cause of blindness. After treating most of the village with azithromycin, the “prevalence and intensity of infection fell dramatically,” said Anthony Soloman, the study’s lead author.

Pfizer Inc., which makes azithromycin, plans to donate 143 million doses for use in 19 countries. [/quote]
How dare Pfizer do so little! Only 143 million doses and only 19 countries, who ever heard of such a thing?! They’re rich Americans, surely they can afford 300 million doses for 40 countries! Or even 3 billion doses for 400 countries! Not to mention those poor men from Mars, women from Venus, and dogs from Sirius!

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Your underdosing again squid.

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[quote=“MaPoSquid”]How terrible! Another evil American company fails to do its part to help the global village!

How dare Pfizer do so little! Only 143 million doses and only 19 countries, who ever heard of such a thing?! They’re rich Americans, surely they can afford 300 million doses for 40 countries! Or even 3 billion doses for 400 countries! Not to mention those poor men from Mars, women from Venus, and dogs from Sirius![/quote]

Stop wagging your liberal finger at them…Please, sure they ‘could’ donate all the medicine in the world, therefore creating world peace thru eradicating illiness. but they aint. It’s a BUSINESS not a non-for profit organzation. what about you squid, what are you going to do? How about donating you time next summer to raising money to buy medicine from them? Or voluneteering over there? this finger waggin shit at these corperations drives me up the wall. DO SOMETHING, TAKE A STAND, Let these people see how much a change this world needs, and then maybe they will do something. Hell, for them do 19 countries is better than none at this point…

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[quote=“namastestore”][quote=“MaPoSquid”]How terrible! Another evil American company fails to do its part to help the global village!

How dare Pfizer do so little! Only 143 million doses and only 19 countries, who ever heard of such a thing?! They’re rich Americans, surely they can afford 300 million doses for 40 countries! Or even 3 billion doses for 400 countries! Not to mention those poor men from Mars, women from Venus, and dogs from Sirius![/quote]

Stop wagging your liberal finger at them…Please, sure they ‘could’ donate all the medicine in the world, therefore creating world peace through eradicating illiness. but they aint. It’s a BUSINESS not a non-for profit organzation. what about you squid, what are you going to do? How about donating you time next summer to raising money to buy medicine from them? Or voluneteering over there? this finger waggin shit at these corperations drives me up the wall. DO SOMETHING, TAKE A STAND, Let these people see how much a change this world needs, and then maybe they will do something. Hell, for them do 19 countries is better than none at this point…[/quote]

A Thousand points of light?

BTW, you do realize that Mapo is being sarcastic, right?

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No i didn’t realize he was being scarastic, cause i’ve seen this type of rant from him before…He’s gotta work on that sardonic tone more… :raspberry:

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Whoa… I hope that :raspberry: wasn’t for me. Maybe I should have used a :slight_smile: or a :wink:

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i think you must be suffering from post-election sarcastic rant numbness

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Dogs from Sirius? And you didn’t get that? Shirley you must be joking.

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[quote=“MaPoSquid”]How terrible! Another evil American company fails to do its part to help the global village!

How dare Pfizer do so little! Only 143 million doses and only 19 countries, who ever heard of such a thing?! They’re rich Americans, surely they can afford 300 million doses for 40 countries! Or even 3 billion doses for 400 countries! Not to mention those poor men from Mars, women from Venus, and dogs from Sirius![/quote]

HEY YOU TWO GET A ROOM!!

Actually, I know for sure MaPo doesn’t have a liberal wing - bald eagles only have right wings, that’s why they fly in such silly circles - so I’m pretty sure he never had a liberal finger to begin with.

:laughing:

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Since corporate america seems in a generous mood perhaps it is time to ask them for your job back.

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You don’t think Pfizer’s handing out free candy in third world countries as a PR ploy to help salvage their plunging reputation and share price, due to all the bad press they’ve received lately do you? Nah, corporations aren’t that savvy, are they?

[quote]Pfizer Defends Celebrex Vs. Deaths Report
11.04.2004

Canadian health officials said Thursday they have received reports linking Pfizer painkiller Celebrex to 14 deaths and numerous heart-related side effects, but that it woudl be premature to to issue a warning or pull from the shelves.[/quote]
forbes.com/home/feeds/ap/200 … 35399.html

[quote]Pfizer Faces Canadian Suit Over Drug Celebrex
Nov 5, 2004

OTTAWA (Reuters) - A Canadian class-action lawsuit has been launched against Pfizer Inc. alleging that its arthritis drug Celebrex caused cardiovascular side effects, the law firm launching the suit said on Friday. . . Pfizer was shaken on Thursday by a newspaper article citing adverse reaction reports filed by doctors with the Canadian health department over the past five years, including 19 cases of heart problems and five strokes.[/quote]
reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtm … ID=6730872

[quote]Pfizer Shares Fall on Report of Celebrex Deaths
Nov 4, 2004

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc.'s shares fell as much as 6.2 percent on Thursday on a Canadian newspaper report linking its arthritis drug Celebrex to 14 deaths.[/quote]
reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtm … ID=6718732

[quote]Pfizer Warns of Risks From Its Painkiller
October 16, 2004

Pfizer warned doctors yesterday that one of its best-selling painkillers, Bextra, might increase the risk of heart attack or stroke in coronary artery bypass surgery patients.[/quote]
nytimes.com/2004/10/16/busin … fizer.html

Of course it’s a bloody PR ploy. Corporations are not in the business of charity. They are for profit enterprises and their officers and directors owe a legal duty to maximize profits for their shareholders. To hand out free goodies without expecting at least equal benefits in return would be a breach of fiduciary duties by the O&D. So quit dreaming Squid. Still, it’s nice to see them do such a thing.

Incidentally, if you want to praise someone’s generosity concerning the deed you mentioned, you can thank me. As a shareholder, I helped pay for the free drugs Pfizer gave away.

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Regardless, Pfizer is doing something good and that is better than most organizations on the left which just talk and talk and talk. And given that MT is a shareholder shall we roundly heap abuse on him for being a corporatist, a greedy capitalist. He should disinvest all holdings of Pfizer! Will he do so! or is he a hypocritical leftist, er as if there were any other kind! Sell your shares now MT! Give the money to fight disease in poor poverty-stricken Africa! You have so much. Time to give back to the poor and live up to your words!

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It’s not in North America where they are so concerned about their image, but in Africa itself. Here, Phizer is caught up in endless lawsuits to protect its interests in providing AIDS medications.

From the Africa Aids Project…
Because of their monopoly patents, drug companies make mega-profits selling AIDS medicines at huge mark-ups - as much as 4500%. For example, the Indian manufacturer CIPLA has just offered anti-viral triple therapy costing $10,000 per year in the U.S. for $600 to poor African countries and for $350 to Medecins Sans Frontier.

The pharmaceutical giants, however, are working hard to keep their monopoly grip on the market by preventing generic competitors and desperate countries from providing cheaper alternatives. Sometimes, the industry acts directly on its own behalf by filing lawsuits and/or threatening court action. Othertimes, it works behind the scene at the White House, in the Congress, with the U.S. Trade Representative, or at international agencies including the World Bank, the World Trade Organization, the World Health Organization, and UNAIDS.