Pfizer Charged by Nigerian Officials
84615
Officials in Nigeria have brought criminal charges against pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. for the company's alleged role in the deaths of children who received an unapproved drug during a meningitis epidemic.
55162
WASHINGTON - Two supplements advertised to enhance sexual performance contain undisclosed prescription-strength amounts of the key ingredient in Pfizer Inc.
375503
Pfizer Inc.  on Friday said it will take a pretax charge of &#36;369 million in the third quarter for a settlement with plaintiffs who allege they were harmed by products containing asbestos and harmful minerals once sold by a Pfizer subsidiary.
519474
KANO, Nigeria  - The Nigerian state of Kano is suing drug maker Pfizer Inc. for its alleged role in the deaths of children who received an unapproved drug during a meningitis epidemic in 1996, court papers showed on Wednesday.
563305
A Nigerian state court Monday issued an arrest warrant for three Pfizer Inc. group staffers who allegedly defied a summons and failed to appear in court for hearings of a case against the US drugs company for an alleged illegal clinical trial.
606719
South Africa's ruling party has  accused top U.S. officials of treating Africans like guinea  pigs amid questions over testing of a key HIV/AIDS drug before  a U.S.-backed roll-out of the treatment across the continent.
310869
Nigeria filed a new lawsuit Friday against US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer claiming some 6.5 billion dollars in damages for deaths allegedly stemming from drug trials.
107550
A Nigerian state court orders the arrest of three Pfizer staff over a 1996 drug trial which allegedly killed 11 children.
538165
The Nigerian government has launched a $7bn lawsuit against the world's largest drug manufacturer over claims that a medical experiment left children dead or with permanent disabilities.
222612
Authorities on Thursday formally charged a billionaire businessman who ran in this month's presidential election with plotting to overthrow the government.
741171
Nigeria's anti-graft agency Friday filed 26 additional money laundering charges against James Ibori, a lawyer told AFP.
675187
Pfizer Inc. PFE.N on Friday said it  will take a pretax charge of $369 million in the third quarter  for a settlement with plaintiffs who allege they were harmed by  products containing asbestos and harmful minerals once sold by  a Pfizer subsidiary.
102580
Nigeria's president is accused by his deputy of awarding contracts to his favourite aides and ministers.
415167
AFTER several months of speculations over alleged coup plot in the country involving Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, Chief Security Officer to the late General Sani Abacha, the Federal Government, yesterday, charged him and three others including a civilian with
487364
In a rare federal prosecution, a leading government Alzheimer's researcher was charged Monday with a criminal conflict of interest for performing lucrative private drug company work that overlapped his official duties.
129824
Pfizer Inc. , the world's largest pharmaceutical maker, said a Nigerian court ruled against adding more claims to allegations that the company improperly tested a meningitis drug on children in 1996.
137823
South Africa&#39;s ruling party has accused US health officials of using Africans as &quot;guinea pigs&quot; and covering up possible adverse effects of a drug used by pregnant women infected with the AIDS virus.