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December 20, 2010

WikiLeaks: Pfizer Opposed New Zealand Trade Deal
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In other Wiki Leaks news, newly released cables have shed more light on
the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer. Last week on Democracy Now! we reported
how Pfizer hired investigators to find evidence of corruption against
the Nigerian attorney general to pressure him to drop legal action over
fatal drug tests on Nigerian children. Now Pfizer’s actions in New
Zealand have been exposed by Wiki Leaks. Newly released cables show the
pharmaceutical company lobbied against New Zealand getting a free trade
agreement with the United States because it objected to New Zealand’s
restrictive drug buying rules. In addition, cables show drug companies
tried to get rid of New Zealand’s former health minister.



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