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2024-11-14 05:48:04 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: D353B411D672E1B766C7D9E924337D021ADC3BD671E38BBD1C85E28AF3FD05EA
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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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