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In June 2007, Pfizer was sued by the federal government of Nigeria. The complaint demanded the New York-based pharmaceutical company to pay $7 billion in damages caused by its illegal drug trials on children. According to a June 2007 report by the Guardian's Chris McGreal, the suit stemmed from unauthorized trials of the experimental antibiotic Trovan. Back in 1996, the northern Nigerian state of Kano experienced a meningitis outbreak – which also served as a trial opportunity for Pfizer. However, 200 Nigerian children were signed up for the experiment without the approval of local regulators. At least 11 children died as a result of being administered with Trovan while several others developed serious conditions, including brain damage and paralysis. "The plaintiff contends that the defendant never obtained approval of the relevant regulatory agencies, nor did the defendant seek or receive approval to conduct any clinical trial at any time before their illegal conduct," said the complaint filed by the Nigerian federal government. The Kano state government had also filed civil and criminal complaints prior to the one filed by Abuja, the capital city. This separate lawsuit sought $2 billion in damages from Pfizer, a far smaller amount compared to that filed by the federal government. Bryant Haskins, a spokesman for Pfizer during the time of the trials, said in a statement that Trovan was administered in accordance with Nigerian law. "These allegations against Pfizer, which are not new, are highly inflammatory and not based on all the facts," he remarked. "We continue to maintain, in the strongest terms, that the Nigerian government was fully informed in advance of the clinical trial; that the trial was conducted appropriately, ethically and with the best interest of patients in mind; and that it helped save lives. The pharmaceutical giant has previously said it obtained "verbal consent" from the parents of the affected children, and that Trovan was administered to the children in a way that was "sound from medical, scientific, regulatory and ethical standpoints."The world is “just years away” from a Quantum Apocalypse, experts warn
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