Nigerian state files criminal suit against Pfizer
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KANO, Nigeria  - A Nigerian state has filed criminal charges against Pfizer Inc. for its alleged role in the deaths of children who received an unapproved drug during a meningitis epidemic, court papers showed on Wednesday.
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Pfizer Inc.  and Microsoft Corp.  said on Thursday they filed parallel lawsuits against Web site operators and spam advertisers that they say sell illegal cheap versions of Pfizer's erectile dysfunction drug Viagra.
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A billion dollar court case is delayed in Nigeria against a US pharmaceutical giant over a drug trial in which 11 children died.
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SHANGHAI, China  - Pfizer Inc., the world's largest drug company, said Tuesday that it has filed an appeal in a Beijing court against a government decision rejecting the company's Chinese patent for its erectile dysfunction drug, Viagra.
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Pfizer Inc. PFE.N and Microsoft  Corp. MSFT.O said on Thursday they filed parallel lawsuits  against Web site operators and spam advertisers that they say  sell illegal cheap versions of Pfizer's erectile dysfunction  drug Viagra.
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A U.S. law firm has announced a class  action lawsuit against AstraZeneca Plc accusing the  Anglo-Swedish drugmaker of deception in its promotion of ulcer  pill Nexium.
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NEW YORK - The state and city sued Merck &amp; Co. Inc. yesterday, saying the drug maker defrauded Medicaid and other government insurance programs by hiding the risks of heart problems associated with its pain medication Vioxx.
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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.
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The Nigerian government filed a lawsuit Monday against Pfizer Inc., asking for $7 billion in damages over allegations the pharmaceutical company conducted a drug experiment that led to deaths and disabilities among children more than a decade ago, court papers showed.
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Lawyers for a northern Nigeria state seeking $2 billion in damages from Pfizer Inc. over allegations of wrongdoing in a decades-old drug study failed to show up for the first court proceedings Monday and the case was postponed.
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Patients of a physician who is charged with running a "pill mill" linked to 56 overdose deaths plan to sue the government, claiming it has put patients in mortal danger and created a public health disaster by prosecuting the doctor.
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The maker of generic drugs gets sued twice in one week.
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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.
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A lawsuit filed by the state and city of New York claims the drugmaker concealed the risks of the arthritis treatment Vioxx.
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A class-action lawsuit was filed yesterday in King County Superior Court on behalf of people who have used the anti-arthritis drug Vioxx.
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The pension fund of New York State filed suit in federal court accusing Merck of misleading shareholders about the safety of its pain reliever, Vioxx.
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OAKLAND, Calif. -- Pfizer Inc. , the world's largest drug maker, and 14 other pharmaceutical companies were accused by a group of California drugstores in a lawsuit of conspiring to keep lower-priced medicines from Canada out of the US market.