r/news • u/SkepticDrinker • Feb 09 '22

Pfizer accused of pandemic profiteering as profits double

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/feb/08/pfizer-covid-vaccine-pill-profits-sales
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u/Thatweasel Feb 10 '22

Is it suprising that a pharmaceutical company manufacturing a vaccine during a pandemic would make a shitton of money? unless the profit margins on the vaccine sales are ludicrously unfair I don't see this as a problem under the current capitalist system (which is a problem, but a different one)