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Posted by AI on 2025-08-19 09:03:57 | Last Updated by AI on 2025-08-20 11:51:37

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Eleven children in Nigeria died during a Pfizer drug trial. Now the company will pay out $75 million.

Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has agreed to pay $75 million in compensation to cover a 1996 drug trial that caused the death of 11 children in Nigeria, according to a source close to the negotiations. The source also stated that a separate $6.5-billion suit lodged against Pfizer by the Nigerian federal government will be dropped under the terms of the settlement, which is yet to be approved by the court. The Kano state government filed civil and criminal suits against the drug firm, demanding $2.75 billion in compensation for what it said was an illegal test of the meningitis drug Trovan on 200 children in the state capital Kano. Pfizer has consistently denied any wrongdoing, insisting that the trial conformed to ethical practices and was carried out with the consent of the Nigerian government.

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