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Monsanto's also merged with a major medical company in the year 2000, Pfizer. Pfizer is the largest medical company and on several occasions fixed prices of products. Pfizer was one of the six drug company's accused of fixing prices on antibiotic by the Federal Trade Communication. I like my food at a reasonable price just like most people, but Pfizer had fixed the price on a food product. In 1999 the price of Sodium Erythorbate was fixed. Sodium Erythorbate is a preservative used in the food many people eat. Pfizer was also fined $20 million for fixing the price of Sodium Erythorbate. Monsanto own Pfizer, which has fixed prices on products in the past, but also Pfizer has also been under many lawsuits. Pfizer was sued for billions for misleading
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