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BIG PHARMA PAY HUGE CRIMINAL FINES
PFIZER CEO BOURLA SAYS Vaccine Makers Need Liability Shield to Protect Against People Who Claim ‘Accident in a Car Happened Because of a Vaccine’
THIS IS NONSENSE !!
REPEAL the 1986 NATIONAL VACCINE INJURY COMPENSATION ACT (previously National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act as signed by President Reagan) that currently protects Big Pharma by eliminating all liabilities from their vaccines. The U.S. taxpayers pay for the injuries or deaths from the vaccines. Executive Order to eliminate protection until the Act is repealed.
HOW TO STOP THE HEALTHCARE CRISIS This Comprehensive Report was first written by me July 16, 2018 based on my prior books (Cancer and Nutrition, A Ten Point Plan for Prevention, et al) and Reports starting in 1980.
READ THE FOLLOWING CRIMINAL FINES OF BIG PHARMA:
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has been fined the most among pharmaceutical companies, based on available data spanning various timeframes. From 1991 to 2017, GSK paid approximately $7.9 billion in financial penalties to federal and state governments in the U.S., according to a Public Citizen report. This figure reflects settlements for a range of illegal activities, including unlawful promotion of drugs and failure to report safety data. When adjusted for inflation and extended to 2016, a JAMA study indicates GSK’s penalties reached nearly $10 billion between 2003 and 2016, covering 27 cases involving bribery, corruption, improper marketing, pricing violations, and selling adulterated drugs. This amount significantly exceeds fines paid by other major pharmaceutical companies during similar periods.
For comparison, Pfizer, often cited for its $2.3 billion settlement in 2009—the largest single healthcare fraud settlement in U.S. history—accumulated around $4.7 billion in total penalties from 1991 to 2017, per Public Citizen.
Johnson & Johnson follows with $8.4 billion over the same period, largely driven by opioid-related settlements, including a notable $2.2 billion fine in 2013 for misbranding Risperdal.
Purdue Pharma’s $8.9 billion in penalties from 1991 to 2021, primarily tied to the opioid crisis, ranks it high but does not surpass GSK’s broader historical total when considering consistent, multi-decade misconduct.
ONE OF AMERICA’S RICHEST FAMILIES, THE SACKLERS, INITIATED AND PROMOTES OPIOID CRISIS: HOW TO STOP THE OPIOID CRISIS written Nov 15, 2017 https://bit.ly/2n1N8ex Full Report
GSK’s largest single settlement came in 2012, when it paid $3 billion to resolve allegations of misbranding drugs like Paxil and Wellbutrin and withholding safety data on Avandia, marking the largest healthcare fraud settlement at that time. Its penalties, while substantial, represent less than 2% of its revenue during the 2003–2016 period, highlighting a pattern of repeated violations—averaging over seven years per case before cessation—across multiple decades.
While data beyond 2017 (or 2021 for some reports) is less comprehensive, GSK’s historical record of fines, both in total amount and frequency, positions it as the most-fined pharmaceutical company based on the most detailed studies available up to February 20, 2025. More recent opioid litigation or international fines could shift rankings, but no evidence suggests another company has overtaken GSK’s cumulative U.S. penalty total yet.
