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The Federal Goverment of Nigeria claimed $8.5 billion USD case against Pfizer international over the trovan test in1996 at kano resulted to the death of hundreds childrens while some became paralysed, kano state goverment has confirmed moves for an out-of-court settlement for speedy releaf to the victims who are still a live and facing serious hardship in life over the Trovan test.

Pfizer Considering Out of Court Settlement for Trovan Tests in Nigeria 2007

The 192 plaintiffs are challenging the proposal by the defendants to conduct a DNA test to determine the real victims of the trovan vaccine following a sudden increase in the number of those claiming to be victims.

Thisday Online 2010

The suit filed by the victims of the 1996 trovan vaccine test in Kano at the Federal High Court in Abuja has suffered a set a back as the court set aside the service of the court's processes on Pfizer Specialties.

Thisday Online 2010

Following agreement by Pfizer to compensate the victims of the vaccine test, more people who claimed to be victims of the 1996 Pfizer meningitis trovan vaccine test in Kano had filed fresh suits against the pharmaceutical company asking for of $384 billion.

Thisday Online 2010

Part of the reason according to the trovan victims association headed by a veteran journalists and broadcaster, Alhaji Mustapha Maisikili, was that they are convinced beyond reasonable doubt that the board has accepted Pfizer claims to have DNA samples on their members without independent verification, while they failed to answer a simple questions that in the event Pfizer sent in DNA result that are not of the victims and indeed that cannot be of anybody in the country and Africa how will they verified it.

AllAfrica News: Latest 2010