by Arjun Walia, The Pulse:

The HPV vaccine is one of Merck’s highest-grossing products, bringing in annual global revenues of billions. But new information sheds light on some shady practices.

I’ve seen some people scoff at the word “Big Pharma.” To someone like me, it refers to the documented criminal activities we’ve seen take place for decades by large pharmaceutical companies.

For example, from 2002 to 2010 Pfizer was assessed $3 billion in criminal convictions, civil penalties and jury awards and set records for both criminal fines and total penalties. This type of thing is disturbingly common, yet it was only during the COVID era that more people came to be aware of such facts.