WikiLeaks cables: Pfizer took aim at Nigeria AG

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WikiLeaks cables: Pfizer took aim at Nigeria AG
LONDON | Thu Dec 9, 2010 9:57pm EST

(Reuters) - Drugmaker Pfizer hired investigators to find evidence of corruption against the Nigerian attorney general to convince him to drop legal action against the company over a drug trial involving children, the Guardian newspaper reported, citing U.S. diplomatic cables made public by WikiLeaks.

Nigeria's Kano state sued the world's largest drugmaker in May 2007 for $2 billion in damages over testing of the meningitis drug Trovan, which state authorities said killed 11 children and left dozens disabled.

Pfizer and Kano's state government signed a $75 million settlement on July 30.
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In 1998, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Trovan for use by adults only. After reports of liver failure, its use in the United States was restricted to adult emergency care. The European Union banned its use in 1999.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6B90AN20101210