Pfizer drug test on children.(Brief article)

From: Chemistry and Industry | Date: May 15, 2006 | Copyright information

Nigerian medical experts have concluded that Pfizer violated international law during a meningitis epidemic in 1996, when it tested an unapproved drug on children, according to The Washington Post. A Nigerian government report, ...

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