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submitted 4 days ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

The tobacco giant that makes Marlboro cigarettes has sold a UK inhaler company for a knock-down price due to what it calls an "unwarranted" backlash.

Philip Morris International (PMI) has offloaded Vectura Group for £150m ($198m) just three years after buying it in a deal worth more than £1bn.

PMI's decision to buy Vectura, which makes inhalers to treat lung conditions such as asthma, was criticised as being hypocritical.

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[-] JASN_DE@lemmy.world 27 points 4 days ago

unwarranted

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

[-] Poppa_Mo@lemmy.world 22 points 4 days ago

Mother of God.

These fuckers are ghouls of the lowest caliber. And the fucking gall to act offended when people call them out on it.

It's almost time to eat these bastards. Every last one of them.

[-] WaxedWookie@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

I think your watch might be running a little slow, friend.

[-] Deceptichum@quokk.au 1 points 2 days ago

Its cyclical, we’ve just gone so far past the time to eat them that it’s almost time again.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago

"We're the cause of and the solution to your problems!"

[-] MediaBiasFactChecker@lemmy.world -3 points 4 days ago

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