Press TV
August 15, 2011
Fifteen years after it was accused of illegally testing a drug on children, American pharmaceutical giant Pfizer began this week to pay compensation to families in Nigeria.
During an outbreak of meningitis in 1996, Pfizer injected about 200 children with the drug Trovan as part of a clinical trial. Eleven kids died and dozens more developed disabilities.
Trovan was never approved for use by American children, and while the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved it for adults in 1998, the FDA later restricted its use after reports of liver failure in patients. The European Union banned the drug in 1999.
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.
Related posts:
ICE Agents Ordered to Stop Using Term ‘Illegal Alien’
CARDIOLOGIST DR. ASEEM MALHOTRA SAYS PFIZER SHOULD PAY FOR THE VACCINE INJURED
Coronavirus Israel live: Health minister hails Pfizer vaccine FDA approval
Roger Agnelli, banker who built Vale into mining giant, 'dies in Brazil plane crash'
Investigation Launched After 13-Year-Old Brazilian Girl Dies – Mother Blames Pfizer Vaccine
Illegal Alien, On the Run for 20 Years, Arrested for Raping 5-Year-Old Boy