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December 10, 2010

Cables: Pfizer Targeted Nigerian Attorney General in Drug Case
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The latest diplomatic cables released by Wiki Leaks show the
pharmaceutical giant Pfizer hired investigators to find evidence of
corruption against the Nigerian attorney general to pressure him to drop
legal action over fraudulent drug tests on Nigerian children. In 1996,
11 children died in a drug test of Pfizer’s antibiotic drug Trovan. A
lawsuit brought by the Nigerian government said children also suffered
injuries including deafness, muteness, paralysis, brain damage, loss of
sight, slurred speech. The cable also reports Pfizer’s investigators
passed information to the Nigerian media in an effort to tarnish the
attorney general’s reputation. Pfizer reached a tentative settlement in
the case last year of around $75 million.



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