Africa: Drug Companies Cheating Countries Out of Billions in Tax Revenues

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The world's biggest pharmaceutical companies appear to be dodging an estimated $3.8 billion in tax per year across 16 countries, reveals a new report from Oxfam today.

The report, 'Prescription for Poverty,' analyzes the financial disclosures from Pfizer, Merck, Johnson & Johnson and Abbott, between 2013 and 2015 and finds:

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