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Added May 15th, 2006
Nigerian medical experts have claimed that the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. was in violation of international law in 1996, when it tested an antibiotic that wasnt approved on children. Newspaper reports claim that this information had been held in Nigerian government filed that had remained unreleased for years. The Washington Post claims to have been given a copy of the report by an anonymous source.
When the pharmaceutical giant allegedly tested the drug on children it had not been approved according to the reports. The drug, Trovan, an antibiotic, is said to have been tested on nearly 100 children and infants, without the necessary authorization required from the Nigerian government. The children who were given the antibiotic had been taken to a Kano hospital to be treated for meningitis during the 1996 epidemic.
According to reports the actions taken by Pfizer at the time were branded an illegal trial of an unregistered drug as well as a clear case of exploitation of the ignorant. The medical experts had concluded that Pfizer made no mention to parents or children that they were part of a trial, and that this medication had never before been used to treat children with meningitis.
Pfizer has been under fire all over the world recently due to the discovery of serious and deadly side effects with its cox-2 inhibitor drug, Bextra, as well as claims that the company indulged in glossy advertising to hide the dangers of its drug.
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