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Pfizergate
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English
Etymology
From en Pfizer -gate.
Proper noun
A scandal involving alleged communications between European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and American pharmaceutical company Pfizer that were seen as secretive.
en Carlo Martuscelli and Elisa Braun European prosecutors take over Belgian probe into Pfizergate w:POLITICO Europe https://www.politico.eu/article/pfizergate-covid-vaccine-scandal-european-prosecutors-eu-commission/ 01-04-2024 Baldan’s complaint centered around an alleged exchange of text messages between von der Leyen and Pfizer boss Albert Bourla in the run-up to the EU’s biggest vaccine deal at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, in an affair dubbed “Pfizergate.” https://web.archive.org/web/20260916075311/https://www.politico.eu/article/pfizergate-covid-vaccine-scandal-european-prosecutors-eu-commission/ 16 September 2026