Pfizer facing 4 court cases in Nigeria
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070811/ap_on_he_me/nigeria_drugs_and_suspicion"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070810/capt.1f0650bae01e4d2289d6812a4bbd8606.nigeria_drugs_and_suspicion_lgs102.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=G2syuC0gbDywr1QgGG8DRw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Anas Mustapha foreground who was one of the children tested with the meningitis epidemic experimental drug and now suffering brain damage stands near the entrance of their house in Kano, Nigeria Thursday, July 19, 2007 New York-based Pfizer is facing four court cases two filed by the federal government , two by the state in Nigeria over a decade-old drug trial in the northern Muslim city of Kano. It is accused of using a 1996 meningitis epidemic to push through a sloppily managed study without the full understanding of the parents or the proper regulatory approval. AP Photo/George Osodi)" border="0" /></a>AP - A security guard in this dusty Nigerian city is living with tragedy — a 14-year-old son whose dazed eyes, slow speech and uneven gait signal brain damage. Mustapha Mohammed says he knows who to blame — Pfizer Inc., the world's largest drug maker.</p><br clear="all"/>

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