The lawsuit alleges Pfizer violated Texas’ Deceptive Trade Practices Act by engaging in “false, deceptive, and misleading acts and practices by making unsupported claims” about the vaccine and that it ran a “campaign to intimidate the public into getting the vaccine as a necessary measure to protect their loved ones.”

Experts argue other assertions made in the lawsuit filing are completely unsubstantiated, such as one claiming that vaccinated people were more likely to die from COVID-19, which Texas health data disputes.

Read more Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Thursday he has sued pharmaceutical giant Pfizer for “unlawfully misrepresenting” the effectiveness of the company’s COVID-19 vaccine, following up on an investigation he began in May to probe their representation of the vaccine to the public.

State attorney general Ken Paxton files suit despite medical consensus that vaccine prevents severe infection and death

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Thursday he is suing pharmaceutical company Pfizer for allegedly misrepresenting the efficacy of its COVID-19 vaccine. In a statement posted to X, the platform formerly known as Twitter,

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Pfizer Inc. for allegedly misrepresenting the effectiveness of the company’s Covid-19 vaccine.

Pfizer has been sued by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who on Thursday accused the drugmaker of misrepresenting the efficacy of its widely-used COVID-19 vaccine. In a complaint filed in a Lubbock County state court,

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton discusses a court saying that the state must remove the migrant barrier buoys from the Rio Grande and the lawsuit against Pfizer over COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness.

In a complaint filed in a Lubbock County state court, Paxton said it was misleading for Pfizer to claim its vaccine was 95 percent effective because it offered a 'relative risk reduction' for people.