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”.
Indemnity from compensation claims has been common in contracts between many countries and big pharma companies since the late 1980s.
The contract also stipulated that Brazil would cede to US courts, convened secretly, in the event of any contractual disputes relating to the vaccines.
In April, the contract was leaked on the health ministry website – a confidentiality agreement with Pfizer prevents the publication of its contracts. It was removed soon after and went largely unnoticed outside Brazil until the information was tweeted by a French lawyer and writer last month.
“Purchaser hereby agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Pfizer, BioNTech, [and] each of their affiliates … from and against any and all suits, claims, actions, demands, losses, damages, liabilities, settlements, penalties, fines, costs and expenses … caused by, arising out of, relating to, or resulting from the vaccine,” reads the contract.
Pfizer knows this jab will kill.
Fraud vitiates everything. And that includes contractual agreements.
We all want to be exempt from consequences of our actions, but know we can't. You know, the times you send that email when you're pissed off, and regret it soon after and face consequences...
Pfizer, on the other hand, has found a way to do so, only their email is killing and/or injuring people. Bravo. 👏 👏 👏 👏
Quite simple. Brazil, as are other independent countries, is a sovereign nation and at some point, Pfizer and other multi-national corporations need to be reminded of what sovereignty entails.
They might have set up indemnities for the companies, but what about the individual scientists, and execs. Maybe they should be held legally liable as individuals, after all it is individuals creating and testing the vaccine and pretending it is safe.
Brazil should do what Peru did and use the Ivermection protocol, and reject the vaxes.
You are right about the Ivermectin protocol. But alas, we still have this problem with the Supreme Court runing amuck, thats what that millions marches all over Brazil where about last sept 7th. Im confident though this is being resolved by President Bolsonaro in the next days/weeks.
They have the same thing going on In Australia don't they?
Allegedly, Pfizer can take the assets of countries not doing what they say... military included.