Pfizermectin
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This English term is a hot word. Its inclusion on Wiktionary is provisional.
English
This English term is a hot word. Its inclusion on Wiktionary is provisional.
Etymology
Blend of Pfizer + ivermectin. Coined by conspiracy theorists in 2021. From the drug pharmacokinetics of nirmatrelvir being similar to ivermectin, and thus supposedly being evidence that Pfizer blocked ivermectin from use by issuing a newly patented medicine of the same function, similar to how drug companies block generic drugs by issuing minor variants of drugs soon to come off patent and receiving a new patent extension.
Noun
Pfizermectin (uncountable)
- (pharmacology, slang, conspiracism, neologism) Synonym of nirmatrelvir (Paxlovid)