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Pfizergate

Pfizergate 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.

Proper noun

Pfizergate

  1. A scandal involving alleged communications between European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and American pharmaceutical company Pfizer that were seen as secretive.
    • 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.”2024 January 4, Carlo Martuscelli and Elisa Braun, “European prosecutors take over Belgian probe into Pfizergate”, in POLITICO Europe

Origin of Pfizergate

From Pfizer + -gate.

Questions about Pfizergate

What does Pfizergate mean?
Pfizergate means a scandal involving alleged communications between European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and American pharmaceutical company Pfizer that were seen as secretive.
What part of speech is Pfizergate?
Pfizergate is a proper noun.

Words near Pfizergate in the dictionary

  1. Pfizer Risers
  2. Pfizer's rule of five
  3. Pfizer-riser
  4. Pfizer-risers
  5. Pfizered
  6. Pfizergate
  7. Pfizermectin
  8. Pfizers
  9. PFK
  10. PFL
  11. Pflasterer

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