Pfizer Finalizes Another Lawsuit Over Their Products August 5
Pfizer was sued by the Nigerian state of Kano for an incident related to a clinical trial conducted there in 1996 which is said to have left 11 children dead and another 181 incapacitated. The state made their claim in 2007 based on allegations that the group gave 200 Nigerian children meningitis medication which included 100 of those children being the then experimental antibiotic Trovan, without approval of the Nigerian government or the legal guardians of the children. The claim demanded $2.7 billion in damages for the incident which the company consistently denied and claimed resulted in only beneficial results. The company is however expected to be paying 75 million to settle the claim.
This is hardly the first time Pfizer has dealt with such claims. Drugs like Bextra, Celebrex, and Vioxx have all been recalled for causing problems and even death in patients who’ve taken the drug. Perhaps this will lead to an evaluation of the company’s products and methods of research?
Tags: Bextra, Celebrex, child, children, death, Drug, drugs, law, law suit, lead, medication, meth, pfizer, testcountry, Vioxx