Pfizer to be sued by Nigeria.....Huh? There is an easy way around this.....

[Spook]

Pfizer is claiming that a bunch of kids (11 out of 200 kids during a meningitis outbreak) over a decade ago died from the drug. Even some of the best drugs that are known to work doesn't have that good of odds against meningitis. You have to use a very strong drug that can survive in distant body fluids to combat that. Nigeria wants 2 billion for Pfizer.

Anyway, here is what I'd do if I was Pfizer:

Dear Nigeria,

I am a child of a formerly deposed CEO of the Pfizer corporation and the US has seized billions in funds from my family, but all of that money can be released if you provide us with governmental bank account numbers. All you have to do is give us your account numbers and we will be able to release not just 2 billion dollars to you, but 4 billion dollars to your accounts out of the 400 billion that we had seized. The 4 billion will be a reward for helping our family out of this horrible western imperialist conquest of our family. Please do a Dollar Jihad and help us out and you will be rewarded quite well in Paradise.

Sincerely,

Desperately wanting vindication from Dubya's tyranny.

Nigerians file case against Pfizer

Wed May 30, 12:38 PM ET



KANO, Nigeria - Authorities in northern Nigeria have filed a $2 billion civil case and were preparing criminal charges against the U.S. drug company Pfizer, accusing it of conducting a drug experiment that led to deaths and disabilities in a group of children more than a decade ago, according to court papers.

A notice of intent to file criminal charges, seen Wednesday, was submitted May 9 and the civil case was filed May 17. Officials said the civil suit could open as soon Monday. It was not clear when the criminal case — to be lodged against eight Pfizer officials — would begin, officials said.

The Washington Post reported the criminal charges had been brought, but officials in Kano said Wednesday that prosecutors had taken only a preliminary step in that direction.

New York-based Pfizer, the world's largest drug maker, has denied any wrongdoing. A federal court in Manhattan dismissed a 2001 lawsuit by disabled Nigerians who allegedly took part in the study, but the case is under appeal.

In a statement this week, Pfizer said allegations in the Nigeria cases "are simply untrue — they weren't valid when they were first raised years ago and they're not valid today." It also said the Pfizer study was conducted "in a responsible and ethical way consistent with the company's abiding commitment to patient safety."

In the civil suit, authorities in northern Nigeria's Kano state allege Pfizer illegally conducted a drug experiment on 200 children during a meningitis epidemic in the state's main city, also called Kano, in 1996, resulting in deaths, brain damage, paralysis and slurred speech in many of the children.

Pfizer treated 100 meningitis-infected children with an experimental antibiotic, Trovan. Another 100 children, who were control patients in the study, received an approved antibiotic, ceftriaxone — but the dose was lower than recommended, the families' lawyers alleged.

Up to 11 children in the study died, while others suffered physical disabilities and brain damage. But Pfizer always insisted its records show none of the deaths was linked to Trovan or substandard treatment.

Authorities in Kano state are blaming the Pfizer controversy for widespread suspicion of government public health policies, particularly the global effort to vaccinate children against polio, which has met strong resistance in northern Nigeria.

The polio vaccine boycott "by citizens of Kano state is a direct consequence of the 1996 actions" of Pfizer, state prosecutor Aliyu Umar said in the court documents.

Islamic leaders in largely Muslim Kano had seized on the Pfizer controversy as evidence of a U.S.-led conspiracy. Rumors that polio vaccines spread AIDS or infertility spurred Kano and another heavily Muslim state, Zamfara, to boycott a long-term campaign to vaccinate millions.

Vaccination programs restarted in Nigeria in 2004 after an 11-month boycott. But the delay set back global eradication — the boycott was blamed for causing an outbreak that spread the disease across Africa and into the Middle East.

[Gator_Mclusky]

Spook, have you been watching "To Catch a Con Man" with Chris Hansen?LOL

[Spook]

Originally Posted by Gator_Mclusky

Spook, have you been watching "To Catch a Con Man" with Chris Hansen?LOL

Is that a show on TV? I saw the headline and just thought about all of those emails sent out of Nigeria by people conning people out of money from their personal bank accounts.

[Gator_Mclusky]

Originally Posted by Spook

Is that a show on TV? I saw the headline and just thought about all of those emails sent out of Nigeria by people conning people out of money from their personal bank accounts.

Yea and its great. Dateline Investigation like to catch a Predator but he goes for these guys in Nigeria and Uganda, etc....flies to England and sets the trap on em. Its a great show. Hes done two so far.