Texas Sues Pfizer Alleging COVID-19 Vaccine Misrepresentations
- December 01, 2023
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, Inc. alleging it misrepresented the effectiveness of its COVID-19 vaccine in violation of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act.
According to the complaint, filed in a state court in Lubbock County, TX, Pfizer widely touted its vaccine as 95% effective against infection, which was a misleading statistic that “unduly influence[s]” consumer choice. Paxton also alleged that Pfizer launched a campaign to “intimate the public into getting the vaccine" as a necessary measure to protect their loved ones.
“We are pursuing justice for the people of Texas, many of whom were coerced by tyrannical vaccine mandates to take a defective product sold by lies,” Paxton said.
Earlier this year, Paxton launched an investigation of whether Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson misrepresented the efficacy of their COVID-19 vaccines.