Pfizer illegally tested drug on African Children
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nigerian medical experts concluded Pfizer Inc. (PFE.N: Quote, Profile, Research) violated international law during a 1996 epidemic by testing an unapproved drug on children with brain infections, the Washington Post reported in Sunday editions, citing a copy of the panel's confidential report.
The report, completed five years ago but never released, found that Pfizer was never authorized by the Nigerian government to give the unproven drug Trovan to nearly 100 children and infants at a field hospital in Kano, where they were being treated for an often deadly strain of meningitis.
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ive children died after being treated with the experimental antibiotic and others contracted arthritis, although there is no evidence the drug played a part. Six children died while taking a comparison drug, the Post said.
At the time, Doctors Without Borders was dispensing approved antibiotics at hospital, according to the Post.
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The report, completed five years ago but never released, found that Pfizer was never authorized by the Nigerian government to give the unproven drug Trovan to nearly 100 children and infants at a field hospital in Kano, where they were being treated for an often deadly strain of meningitis.
[...]
ive children died after being treated with the experimental antibiotic and others contracted arthritis, although there is no evidence the drug played a part. Six children died while taking a comparison drug, the Post said.
At the time, Doctors Without Borders was dispensing approved antibiotics at hospital, according to the Post.
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