Pfizer Settles Drug Testing Case With Nigerian State for $75 Million

On Thursday, Pfizer announced a $75 million settlement with Nigeria's Kano state government to resolve claims that the pharmaceutical company was responsible for the death or disabling of dozens of children in a 1996 clinical study of the Pfizer antibiotic Trovan. The state -- which initially sought more than $5 billion -- agreed to drop all civil and criminal charges against Pfizer. But Pfizer hasn't bought peace in all of the litigation stemming from the Trovan study.