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Pfizer Chief Boasts Covid Will Continue to Be a “Multi-Billion Dollar Franchise for Years to Come” as Firm Sticks 10,000% Mark-Up on Vaccine

by Will Jones
9 November 2022 9:00 AM

Pfizer’s Chief Financial Officer has described the Covid pandemic as a “multi-billion dollar franchise” – and expects profit to continue as the firm prepares to stick a 10,000% mark-up on its vaccine. The Mail has the story.

David Denton told investors in an earnings call last week his company’s vaccine and antiviral would still be “relevant for many years to come”.

The CFO said he expects the Covid virus to be “somewhat like a flu… but more deadly” – meaning therapeutics will still have a massive role in controlling the virus.

So far Pfizer reaped about $80 billion in yearly revenue from sales of Covid vaccines and the antiviral drug Paxlovid.

The company announced last month it will triple the price of its shot to up to $130 per dose next year – a far cry from the roughly $19 to $30 per dose that the Government paid.

Some experts estimate each individual shot to cost just $1.18 to make – meaning the new price represents a 10,000% markup.

Analysts speculate that the move was made so Pfizer could still meet its target of $32 billion of projected vaccine revenue this year. 

Critics say that the decision shows the firm’s greed. Peter Maybarduk, Director of Access to Medicines at Public Citizen, told DailyMail.com that the firm was already in a good of financial position that it could take some loss.

Maybarduk also said that the firm has already made an “obscene” amount of money, and will be “okay” if they do not meet revenue projections that were likely inflated anyway.

Pfizer was an early winner during the pandemic when it became the first company to get a COVID-19 vaccine approved for the U.S. market. Subsequent vaccine mandates for healthcare workers and the military further drove up sales of vaccines. 

The company projects $102 billion in total revenue this year with the vaccine and its antiviral Paxlovid – more than double the company’s yearly revenue in 2019 ($40.9 billion) and 2020 ($41.7 billion)…

Contracts signed by the U.S. Government to secure billions of doses of vaccines at no cost to Americans will run out soon, shifting the cost of purchasing shots to health insurance companies.

Pfizer CFO David Denton told investors: “I think if you look out longer term, the franchise is going to be a multibillion-dollar franchise in the respect that this is going to be somewhat like a flu, sustained flu, but actually more deadly than the flu. I think the products, both from a vaccine and the therapy perspective that Pfizer has developed, are going to be quite relevant for many years to come,” he said.

Ever get the feeling you’ve been had?

Worth reading in full.

Tags: Big PharmaCOVID-19Mandatory VaccinesPfizerVaccine

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    Dinger
    Dinger
    2 years ago

    You might want to refer to this excellent website which has been my go to for foreign holidays https://www.traveloffpath.com/countries-without-any-travel-restrictions-or-entry-requirements/

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    7941MHKB
    7941MHKB
    2 years ago
    Reply to  Dinger

    Great site and great recommendation. Bookmark this!

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    Sceptic Hank
    Sceptic Hank
    2 years ago

    Kayak has a searcheable website that shows the most updated status of entry restriction from all destinations to all destinations. The C19 test from UK to India appears to have been lifted on November 22, hence the delay in updating the airlines. Airline staff are usually the last to know. https://www.kayak.com/travel-restrictions?origin=AU

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    Brett_McS
    Brett_McS
    2 years ago
    Reply to  Sceptic Hank

    It’s shocking and disgraceful that the USA is together with Azerbaijan, Pakistan, Angola, Ghana and Libya, in not allowing the unvaccinated to visit. Even China allows unvaccinated travellers in some cases.

    Last edited 2 years ago by Brett_McS
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    DevonBlueBoy
    DevonBlueBoy
    2 years ago

    Air India have always been the most bureaucratic of airlines

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    7941MHKB
    7941MHKB
    2 years ago

    Did you look at other airlines flying to India?
    My hunch is that Air India will be the last to implement changes but will be more likely to respond rapidly to someone stating ‘Airlines A, B, C, your competitors, don’t require this, why do you?’ than just referring to a change in New Delhi’s regulations.

    I can confirm that, although Cambodi
    a states you don’t need to be vaccinared to travel there, getting a Cambodian e-visa still required the UK NHS ‘proof’, a couple of weeks ago. And required masks on incoming (and outgoing) flights. No tests. But Singapore Airlines seemed content with chin warmers although stewardesses continue to wear them. Inside Cambodia, mask wearers are scarce. Maybe this will help someone.

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    Bella Donna
    Bella Donna
    2 years ago

    The only way around this is for people to blacklist all airlines and countries that insist on these tests.

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