The Washington post reported  that Pfizer will face criminal charges
in Nigeria... "for the company's alleged role in the deaths of
children who received an unapproved drug during a meningitis
epidemic'. According to the Washington Post..'.Authorities in Kano,
the country's largest state, filed eight charges this month related to
the 1996 clinical trial, including counts of criminal conspiracy and
voluntarily causing grievous harm' .... A civil  lawsuit was also
filed. According to the Post...."The government alleges that Pfizer
researchers selected 200 children and infants from crowds at a
makeshift epidemic camp in Kano and gave about half of the group an
untested antibiotic called Trovan. Researchers gave the other children
what the lawsuit describes as a dangerously low dose of a comparison
drug made by Hoffmann-La Roche. Nigerian officials say Pfizer's
actions resulted in the deaths of an unspecified number of children
and left others deaf, paralyzed, blind or brain-damaged."  The Post
notes that." Pfizer says it acted ethically." Source     "Pfizer Faces
Criminal Charges in Nigeria"
     By Joe Stephens
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, May 30, 2007; Page A10
Full story here..
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/29/AR2007052902107.
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