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 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT  
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS  
 
 
PUBLIC HEALTH AND MEDICAL 
PROFESSIONALS FOR TRANSPARENCY,   Plaintiff,  
 -against - 
 FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION,  
  Defendant.  
  
  
 
Civil Action No. 4:21- cv-01058- P 
  
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
PLAINTIFF’S RESPONSE TO PFIZER INC.’S MOTION FOR LEAVE TO 
INTERVENE FOR A LIMITED PURPOSE  
 
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TABLE OF CONTENTS  
TABLE OF AUTHORITIES  ..................................................................................................... iii 
INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................................ 1 
ARGUMENT  ................................................................................................................................ 2 
I. STANDARD FOR TIMELINESS UNDER RULE 24  ....................................................... 3 
II.    PFIZER’S MOTION IS UNTIMELY IF THE COMPANY SEEKS TO ALTER THE 
EXISTING SCHEDULE  ..................................................................................................... 4 
A. Consideration 1: Pfizer’s Delay is Unreasonable if it Hopes to Alter the 
Production Schedule  ................................................................................................... 5 
B. Consideration 2: A Motion to Delay Production Would Prejudice the Existing   
Parties …………………………………………………………………………... ...... 6 
C. Consideration 3: Pfizer’s Motion Fails to Establish What, if Any, Prejudice the Company Will Suffer if it’s Current Motion is Denied  .............................................. 6
 
D. Consideration 4: The Unprecedented Urgency of this Matter Calls for Even Greater Caution when Evaluating the Timeliness of Intervention  ............................. 9
 
CONCLUSION .......................................................................................................................... 10 
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 TABLE OF AUTHORITIES  
 
Cases  
Effjohn Int’l Cruise Hldgs., Inc. v. A&L Sales, Inc. , 
 346 F.3d 552 (5th Cir. 2003)  ...................................................................................................... 3 
 New Orleans Pub. Serv., Inc. v. United Gas Pipe Line Co., 
 732 F.2d 452 (5th Cir. 1984)  ..................................................................................................... 4 
 Nikon Corp. v. ASM ,  
222 F.R.D. 647 (N.D. Cal. 2004)  ................................................................................................ 4 
 Payne Enters., Inc. v. United States , 
 837 F.2d 486 (D.C. Cir. 1988)  ................................................................................................. 10 
 Script Sec. Sols. LLC v. Logitech Inc.,  
 No. 216CV01400JRGRSP, 2017 WL 10242574 (E.D. Tex. Nov. 8, 2017) …………….passim  
 Sierra Club v. Espy , 
 18 F.3d 1202 (5
th Cir. 1994)  .................................................................................................. 3, 5 
 Wal–Mart Stores, Inc. v. Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commn.,  
 834 F.3d 562 (5th Cir. 2016)  ..................................................................................................... 5 
 Statutes  
21 C.F.R. 20.61 ............................................................................................................................... 7 
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 INTRODUCTION 
 
The motion filed by Pfizer Inc. (“ Pfizer”) seeks leave for Pfizer to intervene for the limited 
purpose of ensuring “ expeditious action”  and to remain  “informed of relevant developments .” 
(Dkt. No. 40 at  2.)  Plaintiff welcomes Pfizer’s participation in this matter to the extent it will in 
fact expedite the release of the requested documents .  However, it is what Pfizer has refused to say  
that concerns Plaintiff in consenting to the company’ s interventio n without the Court providing, at 
the least, appropriate limitations to assure Pfizer does not cause delay or prejudice to Plaintiff . 
Even though the FDA has mor e than sufficient resources to expeditiously produce the 
requested documents, and the agency has repeatedly stated its commitment to protecting Pfizer’s 
interest s, Pfizer could still  assist the FDA with expedit ing release of the requested documents.  
Pfizer , however, provides no reason why it needs to intervene in this matter to render that purported 
assistance.  N or can Plaintiff discern why Pfizer needs to interven e in this matter  to assist t he FDA 
with expedit ing release of the requested documents  – it can render this assistance without 
intervening.  Indeed, Pfizer, for over a year now, has been “working closely with the FDA” 
regarding its Covid- 19 vaccine and is already working with the FDA to identify , on or before 
February 1, 2022,  all documents in its application that do not include trade secre ts.  Nor does Pfizer 
have any need now to intervene to protect any trade secrets  because  Plaintiff has not sought to 
challenge any redactions.  If the Court has uncertainty as to whether Pfizer has stated an extant 
basis for intervening, Plaintiff respectf ully requests  that the Court ask Pfizer to clarify how 
intervening would assist in expediting release of the documents  beyond what it could do to assist 
the FDA without intervening in this action.   
Separately , in conferring with Pfizer’s counsel prior to moving to intervene, Plaintiff  
sought confirmation that Pfizer would not seek to challenge the Court’s January 6th order (Dkt. Case 4:21-cv-01058-P   Document 47   Filed 01/25/22    Page 4 of 15   PageID 2064Case 4:21-cv-01058-P   Document 47   Filed 01/25/22    Page 4 of 15   PageID 2064
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 No. 35) requiring the FDA to produce at a rate of 55,000 pages every 30 days .  Nevertheless, even 
though Pfizer said it “does not presently intend to move the C ourt to reconsider its January 6, 2022 
order,” it refused to  rule out such a challenge to  the rate of production ordered by the Court , stating 
that it “is not in a position at this time to waive its ability to do so if circumstances change such 
that there is good cause at a later time to do so.”  ( Dkt. No. 40 at 3.)   The position taken by Pfizer 
on this issue  casts doubt as to its claimed limited purpose to intervene to seek to expedite release 
of the underlying documents.  Plaintiff is therefore concerned that its involvement will serve as 
another way for the FDA , now with assistance from Pfizer, to continue its campaign to delay 
production.  Hence, to the extent Pfizer  is permitted to intervene without limitation, such that it  
may seek to challenge orders entered in this action prior to its intervening, or to otherwise delay 
the Court -ordered production schedule, Plaintiff opposes Pfizer’s motion as untimely.   
On the other hand, i f the Court concludes Pfizer intervening in this action will increase the 
rate of production beyond what the FDA  could do if Pfizer  were not granted leave to intervene, 
and Pfizer’s  involvement is limited to prevent delay or prejudice  as set forth below , Plaintiff does 
not object to Pfizer  intervening. 
ARGUMENT  
 
On January 21, 2022, Pfizer moved to intervene in this action pursuant to either Rule 24(a) 
or Rule 24(b).  It claims that it made this motion for the stated “limited purpose of helping FDA 
and the Court ensure expeditious action as ordered by this Court and ensuring that Pfizer is informed of relevant developments in relation to the case.”  (Dkt. No. 40 at 2.)   In doing so, the 
company explains that it “hopes that engaging in a dialogue with the Government  where it has 
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 Government  to meet the production schedule ordered by the Court.”  ( Id.)  However, Pfizer never 
explained why it needs to intervene in this action at this time  in order to conduct that dialogue.  
I. STANDARD FOR TIMELINESS UNDER RULE 24  
 
One of the primary cases Pfizer relies on, Sierra Club v . Espy , 18 F .3d 1202 (5th Cir. 1994) , 
warns that “[c] ourts should discourage premature intervention that wastes judicial resources. ”  Id.  
at 1206.  Rather , “[a]  better gauge of promptness is the speed with which the would- be intervenor 
acted when it became aware that its interests would no longe r be protected by the original parties. ”  
Id.  In evaluating the timeliness of a motion to intervene , courts in the Fifth Circuit examine four 
considerations: “‘(1) how long the putative intervenor knew, or reasonably should have known, of 
its stake in the  action;  (2) the prejudice, if any, the existing parties may suffer because the putative 
intervenor failed to intervene when it knew, or reasonably should have known, of its stake; (3)  the 
prejudice, if any, the putative intervenor may suffer if interventi on is not allowed; and (4)  any 
unusual circumstances weighing in favor of, or against, finding timeliness.’ ”  Script Sec. Sols. LLC 
v. Logitech Inc., No. 216CV01400JRGRSP, 2017 WL 10242574, at *2 ( E.D. Tex. Nov. 8, 2017)  
(quoting Effjohn Int ’l Cruise Hldgs., Inc. v. A&L Sa les, Inc. , 346 F.3d 552, 560–61 ( 5th Cir. 2003) ).   
The Script Sec. Sols. decision provides a relevant example  where the court evaluated these 
four considerations .  2017 WL 10242574.  There, by the time of the motion to intervene , the 
existing parties had established a schedule for evaluating the patent claims and the date to move 
to invalidate any claims had already passed .  Id. at *2.  Likewise, the parties had already 
commenced  claims discovery, and a claims construction proceeding was planned for just a few 
months after the motion to intervene.  Id.   Under those circumstances, the court denied the motion 
to intervene .  Id. at *1.  I t was concern ed that the intervenor would seek to invalidate some of the  
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 the plaintiff.   Id. at *2.  Nevertheless, recognizing the intervenor’s legitimate interest in the action, 
the court encouraged  it to move for  discretionary intervention pursuant to Rule 24(b) , under which 
“the court may limit the scope of a movant ’s intervention to avoid undue  delay  and prejudice to 
the parties. ”  Id.  at *3.  The court suggested that , in any such motion, the intervenor would have to 
agree “not … to move any … deadlines without the agreement of the parties, and … to be bound 
by all existing orders in this action.”  Id.  (citing Nikon Corp. v . ASM , 222 F .R.D. 647, 651- 52 (N.D. 
Cal. 2004)  (permitting intervention under Rule 24(b) with certain limitations “ so as to minimize 
delay and burdens to the parties and keep this case on track ”)); see also  New Orleans Pub. Serv., 
Inc. v . United Gas Pipe Line Co., 732 F .2d 452, 470 -71 (5th Cir . 1984)  (“Permissive intervention  is 
wholly discretionary with the [district] court ... even though there is a common question of law or 
fact, o r the requirements of Rule 24(b) are otherwise satisfied.”  (internal quotations omitted)).  
II. PFIZER’S MOTION IS UNTIMELY IF THE COMPANY SEEKS TO ALTER 
THE EXISTING SCHEDULE  
 
Like in Script Sec. Sols ., here, Plaintiff  is concern ed that Pfizer’s intervention will unduly 
prejudice Plaintiff if the company seeks reconsideration of the production schedule established by 
the C ourt’s order entered on Ja nuary 6, 2022, or  otherwise seek s to delay production by the FDA .   
With this in mind, Plaintiff advised Pfizer’s counsel as part of their meet -and-confer  
process that it  “does not object to Pfizer moving to intervene, so long as Pfizer intends to only 
address decisions going forward and not to ask the Court to reconsider decisions it has already 
reached since any motion to intervene as to already adjudicated matters is untimely.”   (Dkt. No. 
40 at 3.)   Pfizer ’s refusal to agree to this limitation raised concerns for Plaintiff because it call s 
into question the company’s alleged limited purpose for intervening in this action , which is 
purportedly to expedite release of the d ocuments .  (Id.)  Case 4:21-cv-01058-P   Document 47   Filed 01/25/22    Page 7 of 15   PageID 2067Case 4:21-cv-01058-P   Document 47   Filed 01/25/22    Page 7 of 15   PageID 2067
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 As such , because Pfizer itself will not rule out the possibility , the Court should analyze the 
timeliness of the instant motion assuming there is at least the  possibility that Pfizer will move to 
amend or delay the Court’s existing schedule.   Applying the four considerations noted above, it 
would be untimely for Pfizer to intervene in order to alter the Court’s January 6th production 
schedule, and therefore, if the company  is permitted  to intervene , it must be limited by  restrictions 
similar to those in Script Sec. Sols. 
A. Consideration 1: Pfizer’s Delay is Unreasonable if it Hopes to Alter the 
Production Schedule  
 
Under the first consideration, Pfizer claims that it learned about this action “ from news 
reports in connection with the December 14, 2021 Scheduling Conference .”  (Dkt. No. 41 p. 11.)  
Even though Pfizer is correct that only a little over five weeks elapsed between this supposed 
discovery and the instant motion, “[t] he timeliness inq uiry ‘is contextual; absolute measures of 
timelines should be ignored.’ ”  Wal –Mart Stores, Inc. v . Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commn. , 834 
F.3d 562, 565 (5th Cir. 2016)  (cited by Pfizer) (quoting Espy , 18 F .3d at 1205) .  For instance, in 
Wal–Mart Stores, the Fifth Circuit did not look to the exact number of days in order to determine 
whether the motion was timely.  Id.   Rather , the Circuit found that the motion was timely  because 
the intervenor “ sought intervention before discovery progres sed and because it did not seek to 
delay or reconsider phases of the litigation that had already concluded.”  Id.  
In contrast to Wal -Mart  Stores , Pfizer knew or should have known that Plaintiff was 
seeking an expedited production schedule, and that the Court intended to rule on that schedule quickly.  In such circumstances, if Pfizer wanted to have input into the production schedule, it had more than  3 weeks between its purported discovery of the action and the Court’s order on January 
6, 2022, making its d elay in filing this motion unreasonable  if it hoped to have input into the 
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 B. Consideration 2: A Motion to Delay Production Would Prejudice the Existing 
Parties  
 
The analysis of the second timeliness consideration plays out much as it di d in Script Sec. 
Sols.  If Pfizer wants to slow  the production schedule in any way, that will be prejudicial to 
Plaintiff.  As described in d etail in Plaintiff’s brief to the Court regarding the production schedule, 
there is an urgent need to have these documents produced in a quick and timely  manner .   Likewise, 
the FDA claims that since the January 6th order, it has moved heaven and earth to try to mee t the 
deadlines set by that order.  Setting aside whether this claim  is true (a point called into serious 
question by Plaintiff’s opposition papers regarding the FDA’s motion to modify the schedule, Dkt. 
Nos. 44- 45), a motion even in the next few weeks  by Pfizer to further reconsider the production 
schedule will mean that much of the FDA’s work in trying to meet the existing schedule may  need 
to be changed.  Thus, any effort by Pfizer to change the existing  schedule will serve to prejudice 
both existing parties. 
C. Consideration 3: Pfizer’s Motion Fails to Establish What, if A ny, Prejudice the 
Company Will Suffer if it’s Current Motion is Denied  
 
Pfizer’s motion also fails to identify an extant reason to suppor t the third consideration,  
i.e., “the prejudice, if any, the putative intervenor may suffer .” Script Sec. Sols ., 2017 WL 
10242574, at *2.   
As confirmed during the meet and confer , and as evidenced by the fact  the FDA has already 
requested that Pfizer identify documents not containing trade secrets by February 1st, the agency 
and the company have already entered into a dialogue.  Indeed, the F DA’s regulations include 
provisions that specifically permit companies to engage with the FDA with regard to identifying 
trade secrets.  21 C.F.R. 20.61(d).  Those regulations are particularly enlighteni ng here because 
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 does not slow down the government’s response to the FOIA request.1  Thus, contrary to Pfizer’s 
claims, even if it is not a party to this actio n, it is not prejudiced in its ability to engage with the 
FDA in order to expedite production and relay to the FDA what portions of the documents it 
believes require redaction .   
Of course , if down the road Plaintiff chooses to challenge any redactions, Pfizer may have 
an interest then  and could be prejudiced if not permitted to intervene .  However, that has not 
happened yet, may never happen, and if it happens, will likely not happen for at least several 
months , and hence raises the question of why Pfizer needs to intervene at this stage of the litigation 
with regard to trade secrets .  At the least , there should be some claim made in this action seeking 
to lift redactions for trade secrets  before Pfizer’s participation is necessary .   
Pfizer  vaguely claim s “that Government entities generally cannot adequately represent the  
interests of aspiring intervenors [,]” thereby trying to justify its involvement  by appear ing to argue 
that the FDA will not protect its interests .  (Dkt. No. 41 p. 13.)  However, this argument  contrasts 
sharply with the FDA’s repeated attestation s throughout this action that it  takes very seriously its 
obligation to protect private citizen’s data and Pfizer’s trade secrets .  If anything, the FDA put 
Pfizer’s interests well ahead of the American public’s interest when it originally sought to produce 
just 500 pages per month, in large measure to ensure it was protecting Pfizer’s trade secrets and 
 
1 “A person  who submits records to the Gover nment may designate part or all of the information 
in such records as exempt from disclosure under exemption 4 … The person  may make this 
designation either at the time the records are submitted  to the Government or within a 
reasonable time thereafter.   21 C.F.R. 20.61(d) (emphasis added) .  “When the  [FDA] receives a 
request for such records and determines that disclosure may be required, the  [FDA]  will make 
reasonable efforts to notify the submitter … The notice will include a copy of the request , and it 
will inform the submitter about the procedures and time limits for submission and consideration 
of objections to disclosure…The submitter has 5 working days from receipt of the notice to 
object to disclosure of any part of the records  and to state all bases for its objections. ”  21 C.F.R. 
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 confidential business informa tion.  (E.g., Dkt. No. 22 p. 10 (“ To ensure protection of this 
[confidential business and trade secret information of Pfizer] , … FDA must carefully review and, 
if necessary, redact exempt information on a line -by-line basis .”).)  The FDA then reiterated th at 
same strong desire to protect Pfizer’s interests in its current motion to modify the production 
schedule.  ( E.g., Dkt. No. 37 p. 10 ( “while the agency recognizes the public interest in the public 
disclosure of the records here at issue, FDA must also ensure that the personal information of clinical trial participants, as well any trade secret or commercially confidential information contained within the records, is protected from disclosure ”).)  Thus, especially with Pfizer  now 
assisting the FDA , the int erest Pfizer has in protecting its trade secrets do es not require 
intervention. 
The lack of a need for Pfizer to  intervene, at least at this time before Plaintiff  has move d to 
challenge any redactions , raises questions for Plaintiff , especially in light of Pfizer’s refusal to rule 
out a challenge to the current schedule.   Of course, in addition to Pfizer seeking to cause delay, 
there is another reason  why Pfizer may be seeking to intervene , but which  the company did not 
discuss outright because it does not support intervention.  Pfizer may be seeking to intervene to 
protect its public relations image.   
As Pfizer states in its brief, this action has received significant media attention.  (Dkt. No. 
41 p. 15 (referencing “news reports about this Scheduling Conference in December 2021”).)    Not 
all of that attention has been positive given the FDA’s repeated  attempts to delay production in 
order to avoid transparency. (Dkt.  No. 44.)  Therefore, it comes as no surprise that Pfizer’s instant 
brief is littered with comments like: “Pfizer supports the public disclosure of the vast majority of this information, to  promote transparency and the public’s confidence in the vaccine”  (Dkt. No. 
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 its claim that, “Pfizer, FDA, and others already have made public extensive data a nd information 
about the va ccine,”  all of  which is otherwise irrelevant to its motion .  (Dkt. No. 40 at 1.)   In doing 
so, the company even includes a  highly misleading header for another irrelevant list of studies , 
“Preprints of safety and efficacy data as they beca me available, ” which falsely indicates that these 
preprints include the underlying safety and efficacy data.  (Dkt. No. 41 at 7.)  Of course, n one of 
these documents contain the raw data relied upon to license Pfizer’s vaccine that is sought in this 
action , i.e., the underlying data that would permit ver ifying any of the company’s claims , but rather 
they contain only sanitized summaries of information .  Pfizer may just be hoping that the next 
reporter does not look any closer than the headlines.  At any rate, a company’s desire to protect its 
public image is not the type of interest that the drafters of Rule 24 had in mind when they permitted 
third parties to intervene in court actions, especially because, as the page -and-a-half in Pfizer’s 
brief  shows, that desire conflicts with the very real need for judicial efficiency .  
D. Consideration 4: The Unprecedented Urgency of this Matter Calls for Even 
Greater Caution when Evaluating the Timeliness of Intervention  
 
The fourth timeliness consideration, “ any unusual circumstances weighing in favor of, or 
against, finding timeliness ” also plays an important role in this action.  Script Sec. Sols ., 2017 WL 
10242574, at *2.  This  Court recognized the unusual circumstances  in its order when it 
acknowledged “ the need for unprecedented urgency in processing this request [.]”  (Dkt. No. 35 p. 
3.)  This matter concerns an issue of national importance, where “ stale information is of little 
value.” Payne Enters., Inc. v. United States , 837 F.2d 486, 494 (D.C. Cir. 1988) .  Thus, any delays 
now not only prejudice the parties as discussed above, but also prejudice the American public and its right to transparency when it comes to the unprecedented actions its government has taken 
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 been mandated while  Pfizer has been given complete financial immunity by the government for 
any safety or efficacy issues with its product. 
Nonetheless, Pfizer ends it brief by stating that , it “does not dispute that Plaintiff is entitled 
to non- exempt information from the BLA under its FOIA request and Pfizer does not seek any 
delay in the produc tion of that information.  Rather, Pfizer’s intervention wil l facilitate production 
of the information  Plaintiff  seeks since Pfizer can assist the Parties in efficiently segregating  and 
redacting any data a nd information that are subject to FOIA statutory exemptions.”   (Dkt. No. 41 
at 15.)  If that is all Pfizer tr uly seeks, then Plaintiff welcomes Pfizer’s intervention for that limited 
specific purpose.  However, for the reasons discussed  above, Pfizer’s refusal to rule out a request 
to change the production schedule, and its failure to articulate a convincing reas on why it needs to 
intervene right now (rather than later if any redactions are challenged ), concern Plaintiff.   
CONCLUSION 
 
For the foregoing reasons , Plaintiff respectfully ask s that the C ourt deny Pfizer’s motion 
under Rule 24(a) as untimely under the circumstances  and because its interests are already 
adequately represented by the FDA , but that it grant the motion under Rule 24(b) for the limited 
purpose of helping FDA and the Court ensure expeditious action as ordered by this Court with the 
following limitations similar to those imposed in the Script Sec. Sols . matter: 
1. Pfizer is bound by all existing order s in this action; 
2. Pfizer is prohib ited from seeking to alter the January 6th order , or an amended schedule 
set for th in any order regarding FDA’s pending motion to amend the January 6th order;   
3. Pfizer is prohibited from engaging in conduct that is intended to delay production of 
the documents as ordered by the Court; and Case 4:21-cv-01058-P   Document 47   Filed 01/25/22    Page 13 of 15   PageID 2073Case 4:21-cv-01058-P   Document 47   Filed 01/25/22    Page 13 of 15   PageID 2073
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 4. Pfizer is directed to comply with the FDA’s request for it to identify all documents that 
do not include trade secrets and confidential information by or before February 1, 2022.  
 
Dated:  January  25, 2022  
 
 
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