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U.S. drugmaker Pfizer on Wednesday confirmed that suspect doses of its coronavirus vaccine that were seized in Mexico and Poland were indeed fake, with doses going for as much as $1,000 a shot, according to U.S. media. At a clinic in Mexico some 80 people received bogus doses of the…
Pfizer Inc has said that it has identified instances in Mexico and Poland where the counterfeit versions of its COVID-19 vaccine developed with BioNTech.
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Fake doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine were being sold in Mexico and Poland for as much as $2,500 a shot, the US drugmaker and an official confirmed. At a clinic in Mexico some 80 people received bogus vaccines, which appeared to have been physically harmless though offered no protection against the potentially deadly disease ravaging the country, a report in the Wall Street Journal said. Mexico’s government spokesman on Covid-19 Hugo Lopez-Gatell said “no product was found that could affect” the health of those scammed, adding several people had been arrested. Lopez-Gatell...
The daily business briefing: April 22, 2021 Harold Maass 1. Pfizer has confirmed the first cases of counterfeit versions of its coronavirus vaccine, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. The fake doses of the vaccine Pfizer developed with BioNTech were found in Mexico and Poland. Pfizer tested the vials after authorities seized them in separate investigations. About 80 people paid roughly $1,000 per dose for the phony vaccine at a Mexican clinic. The patients did not appear to have been harmed. "Everybody on the planet needs it. Many are desperate for it," said Lev Kubi...