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1 Mar 2009

Author:
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

Summary profile of lawsuits against Pfizer over Nigeria drug trials

In 1996, Pfizer conducted a drug trial in Kano, Nigeria during an epidemic of bacterial meningitis. The company tested an experimental antibiotic drug, Trovan, on about 200 children during this time...plaintiffs...claim that the drug trial led to the deaths of 11 children and serious injuries to many others. [Descriptions of lawsuits in Nigeria & USA provided]