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2024-11-15 00:07:54 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 3DA152BFCAD142117F048C08ABF30D00170D6CA56BFBEFF45A7DD3B8A3023C9B
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Not true. The payment was not a bribe, but rather a standard application fee required under a 30-year-old law for any drugmaker seeking FDA approval of their products.The Prescription Drug User Fee Act allows the FDA to collect fees from pharmaceutical companies https://www.techarp.com/business/pfizer-2-8-million-bribe-fda/https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/apr/05/tweets/pfizer-did-not-bribe-fda-approval-its-covid-19-vac/
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