Nigeria files new suit against Pfizer
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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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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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Drugs wholesalers are seeking an injunction to stop Pfizer changing the way it supplies medicine.
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The Nigerian government sought a court  injunction on Wednesday to stop a three-day-old general strike  which has raised fears about oil supplies from the world's  seventh largest exporter.
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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.
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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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A Canadian class-action lawsuit has been  launched against Pfizer Inc. alleging that its arthritis drug  Celebrex caused cardiovascular side effects, the law firm  launching the suit said on Friday.
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Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, already fighting state criminal charges in northern Nigeria, also faces a string of criminal counts and $7 billion in civil claims brought by federal Nigerian authorities in the capital of Abuja, newly obtained documents show.
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KANO, Nigeria  - The Nigerian state of Kano is suing drug maker Pfizer  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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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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Drug maker AstraZeneca Plc  AZN.L on Thursday said it has sued generic drug maker  KV Pharmaceutical Co KVa.N over one of its branded high blood  pressure medications.
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Company files new lawsuits against cybersquatters in the U.K. and the U.S., charging violation of intellectual property law.
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TORONTO (CP) - A Toronto-based law firm filed another class-action lawsuit Friday against drug maker Merck and Co. Inc., the makers of the arthritis drug Vioxx.
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An Oklahoma lawsuit filed on Thursday charges that Merck &amp; Co. misled patients about the safety of its arthritis drug. The case may signal many more such lawsuits against the drugmaker
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A U.S. law firm plans to file a lawsuit seeking class-action status against Sanofi-Aventis  on behalf of shareholders, alleging the pharmaceuticals group hid the side-effects of its anti-obesity drug Acomplia, French daily Les Echos reported.
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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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Dec. 19--Pfizer, the world&#39;s biggest drug maker, and the rest of the pharmaceutical sector will come under renewed pressure this week after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned doctors to consider