Has Pfizer settled the Trovan case?
Contradictory news out of Africa and India today on Pfizer’s big court fight with Nigeria. As you know, the drugmaker has been wrangling with the Kano state government and civil plaintiffs over a 90s’-era meningitis drug trial. During the trial, children taking the drug died and suffered disabling injuries–which victims and families blame on Pfizer and Pfizer blames on the meningitis itself. According to the Times of India, Pfizer and the victims’ families have reached a settlement agreement (in principle, at least). The deal is scheduled for signing next month in Rome, an unnamed source told the paper, without disclosing how much money might change hands. Negotiations were facilitated, the source said, by former President Jimmy Carter and ex-Nigerian military leader Yakubu Gowon. This source’s credibility is for you to decide. Other news sources confirm that the case has been adjourned until early April, but only hint at the possibility that a settlement deal has been reached. Kano s
