Pfizer accused of ‘bullying’ some international locations throughout vaccine talks

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Pfizer (PFE) has been accused of “bullying” Latin American governments throughout negotiations to accumulate its Covid-19 vaccine, and the corporate has requested some international locations to place up sovereign property, equivalent to embassy buildings and army bases, as a assure in opposition to the price of any future authorized circumstances, in response to The Bureau of Investigative Journalism. Within the case of 1 Latin American nation, calls for made led to a three-month delay in a vaccine deal being reached. For Argentina and Brazil, no nationwide offers had been agreed to in any respect with Pfizer.