Pfizer Partnered With Wuhan-Linked Chinese Company Supplying ‘Military Combat’ Efforts.
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<p> o broaden its market access in China, Pfizer Inc. partnered with a military-linked Chinese pharmaceutical firm, The National Pulse can reveal.
Pfizer signed a memorandum of understanding with Shanghai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. in April of 2011, which set up “for the companies to jointly pursue potential business opportunities in China.”
Shanghai Pharmaceuticals, however, has supported the “military combat” efforts of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and partnered with universities funded by the PLA.
The Deputy Director of the Wuhan Institue of Virology’s Academic Committee, Hongyang Wang, listed affiliation with the school before the webpage was wiped in the middle of 2020.
Pfizer’s newfound partnership with the Chinese military-linked entity follows The National Pulse unearthing the pharmaceutical giant’s collaborations with China’s “vaccine passport” platform in 2018.
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