A judge in Nigeria has ordered the arrest of three top officials of the U.S.-based drug company Pfizer, saying they failed to honor an order to appear in court over a $2 billion suit the company is facing for a 1996 drug trial. The now-controversial trials for the antibiotic Trovan were conducted in Kano on 200 children during a meningitis epidemic in 1996. The officials to be arrested include the head of Pfizer in Nigeria, Ngozi Edozien and senior officials Lare Baale and Segun Donguro.
December 27, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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A judge in Nigeria has ordered the arrest of three top officials of the U.S.-based drug company Pfizer Inc., saying they failed to honor an order to appear in court over a $2 billion suit the company is facing for a 1996 drug trial, court papers showed.
Judge Shehu Atiku, sitting in the northern city of Kano on Monday, said his ruling Nov. 6 that the officials of the Pfizer subsidiary in Nigeria should appear in court were not heeded at that resumed sitting.
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