Archive for July 27, 2007
Nigeria files $7 billion suit on U.S. drug maker: Lawyers say children in meningitis study received substandard care, 11 died
July 27, 2007 by PT Rothschild.
ABUJA, Nigeria - Government lawyers filed a new $7 billion civil lawsuit Friday (7/20/07) against Pfizer Inc., adding a more serious fraud charge to their allegations that the U.S. drug maker did not properly obtain consent from families while testing an experimental drug on their children.The government has accused Pfizer of taking advantage of a 1996 meningitis epidemic to test an experimental drug without authorization or the full understanding of the families involved — allegedly contributing to the deaths of some of the children and sickening others. Pfizer denies wrongdoing.
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