Shame on You, Pfizer
It seems that after an outbreak of meningitis in Nigeria in the year 1996, Pfizer tested a new antibiotic on 200 sick children with somehow falsified consent forms. The drugs name is Trovan and the damage it did was to cause eight of those kids to die, some others to develop brain damage and severe arthritis.
In 1998 adults here in the US were allowed to take the drug but it’s use was restricted after reports it caused liver damage. The European Union banned its use in 1999 entirely.
The reason it’s in the news now is because two of the Nigerian families tried to sue Pfizer here in the US and a lower court Judge said it couldn’t be tried here and would have to be tried in Nigeria.
A higher court has now ruled those families can come after Pfizer here. Let’s see what happens with that.
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