Friday, July 20, 2007

Nigeria Will Press New Drugs Trial Claim Against Pfizer, State Lawyer Says

(Bloomberg) -- Nigeria withdrew its lawsuit against
Pfizer Inc. today over alleged deaths during drug trials so that
it can prepare a new claim, the state's lawyer, Babatunde
Irukera, said.

``The judge wouldn't allow us to amend our claim to include
more damaging information we discovered, so we're withdrawing it
and submitting a new one,'' Irukera said today in a telephone
interview from Abuja, Nigeria's capital. ``This case is still
on.''


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