Pfizer Faces Criminal Charges in Nigeria
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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.
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Pfizer Inc. PFE.N, the world's  largest drug maker, said on Tuesday it was conducting a  comprehensive review of its operations, but said analyst  speculation it had decided to cut jobs was "premature."
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The personal doctor of a pro wrestler who killed his wife and son before committing suicide was charged Monday with improperly dispensing painkillers and other drugs to other patients.
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Nigeria filed a lawsuit Monday for seven billion dollars (5.2 billion euros) damages from Pfizer over a drug test in which about 200 children were either killed or deformed, court officials said.
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KANO, Nigeria  - A Nigerian court on Monday ordered the arrests of three of the defendants in a trial over a drug test conducted by Pfizer  in 1996 which Nigerian authorities say killed 11 children and left others disabled.
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Militant Muslim preacher Abu Bakar Bashir is set to face charges of involvement in terror crimes, including last year's bombing of a luxury hotel in the Indonesian capital, police said on Tuesday.
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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.
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Abu Bakar Ba'asyir is due in court on Thursday charged in connection with the 2002 Bali bombings and other attacks.
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Pfizer Inc. ,  the world's biggest drugmaker, said on Thursday it filed lawsuits against 18 Web sites, charging them with selling illegal versions of its best selling cholesterol medicine Lipitor.
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A man has been charged in a case involving hundreds of doses of smuggled flu vaccine, apparently to cash in on the national shortage of the inoculations.
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Pfizer Inc. PFE.N on Friday said it  would take a third-quarter pretax charge of $369 million for a  settlement with plaintiffs who allege they were harmed by  products containing asbestos and other minerals once sold by a  Pfizer subsidiary.
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Merck KGaA's U S generic-drug unit was accused by the Department of Justice yesterday of overcharging government health-insurance programs for medicines.
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WASHINGTON - Two supplements advertised to enhance sexual performance contain undisclosed prescription-strength amounts of the key ingredient in Pfizer Inc.
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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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Nigeria's government says it is suing three cigarette firms for $40bn compensation for promoting underage smoking.
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Two former Nigerian governors are charged in an Abuja court for alleged corruption and money laundering.
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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.