With Huge Obesity Drug Sales, Novo Nordisk Now has Sway Over the Danish Economy

The power of the pharmaceutical industry became evident during the Covid pandemic, specifically in Europe, but in the United States as well. The most glaring example was how Pfizer cornered the Covid vaccine market  by cutting a deal with the European Union. The deal included a new provision for European member states to pay half price for each cancelled dose of the Covid vaccine. So, even if EU member states cancelled their orders for the vaccine, Pfizer would get paid regardless. &nbsp;But in the deal, Pfizer effectively cut out all other makers of the Covid jab. The deal was okayed even though, at the time, there was an ongoing investigation of the Pfizer-EU deal and a possible scandal over the relationship between EU Commissioner Ursula Von der Leyen  and the Chief Executive Officer of Pfizer, Albert Bourla. After all, as TrialSite reported  they negotiated part of the dela via private text!&nbsp; This raised tremendous concern by a minority of European Ministers calling for an investigation.  The ground there is so fertile for corruption that even the New York Times has sued the European Commission to access those texts between Bourla and Von der Leyen. Regardless, Pfizer flexed their economic muscle and showed the strength and influence of Big Pharma. Worldwide that strength was manifest in their contracts--See TrialSite&rsquo;s Pfizer&rsquo;s Power  where the pharmaceutical company negotiated adhesion&nbsp;like contracts with whole nations. Now, the pharmaceutical industry is flexing economic muscle again, but in the opposite direction.
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