The US Supreme Court on Tuesday summarily affirmed a lower court's ruling in Republican National Committee v. Federal Elections Commission , upholding a ban on the use of "soft...
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Pfizer settles health care fraud suit for record $2.3 billion
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Wednesday that pharmaceutical company Pfizer and its subsidiary have settled a health care fraud suit for a record $2.3 billion. The DOJ brought a...
Pfizer finalizes settlement with Nigeria state in drug testing lawsuit
Drug maker Pfizer finalized a settlement Monday with the Nigerian state of Kano in a lawsuit over allegedly illegal clinical trials the company conducted in Nigeria in 1996. The Kano government had filed a lawsuit ...
Royal Dutch Shell reaches settlement over Nigeria activist deaths
A $15.5 million settlement was reached Monday between Royal Dutch Shell PLC and the families of nine Nigerian activists who were killed in 1995. The settlement came as the case was scheduled to...
The UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and counter-terrorism has laid out plans to establish a global tribunal to prosecute private companies accused of human rights abuses. In an interview last week with the Commonwealth Secretariat...
Pfizer reaches settlement with Nigeria state in drug testing lawsuit
Drug maker Pfizer reached a settlement Friday with the Nigerian state of Kano in a lawsuit over allegedly illegal clinical trials the company conducted in Nigeria in 1996. The national government and the state of Kano filed...
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Friday reversed and remanded a lower court ruling, reviving two lawsuits brought by Nigerian families against Pfizer . The consolidated lawsuits allege that Pfizer...
Rabi Abdullahi v. Pfizer, Inc., US Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, January 30, 2009 . Read the full text of the opinion . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....
Pfizer hopes for November settlement with 1996 Nigerian drug trial plaintiffs
Officials from Nigeria and from US pharmaceutical company Pfizer said Monday that they hope to reach a settlement agreement by the end of next month over allegedly illegal clinical trials conducted in Nigeria by the drug company...
Two members of the US House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce began an investigation Tuesday into whether the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) allowed the continued sale of certain drugs...