Recent news on Trovan

Pfizer comes out fighting as Trovan Nigeria case resurfaces  -  May 23, 2007
Pharma Times (subscription),The lawsuit allegedly claims that Trovan, which was withdrawn from the market in 1999 after being linked to liver damage, was given without any

Nigeria: 1996 Drug Trial - Knsg Sues Pfizer for $2.7bn  -  May 18, 2007
AllAfrica.com,It was later found out that the Trovan pills was only used on pigs before the administration of the same on Nigerian children many of whom later died,

Nigerian state sues Pfizer  -  May 21, 2007
Business in Africa (subscription),Pfizer was alleged to have administered an untested drug called Trovan Floxacin without authorisation on almost 200 children infected with meningitis in the

Drug Safety Proposals and the Intrusion Of Federal Regulation into ...  -  May 11, 2007
American Enterprise Institute,...behavior as new problems emerged around a handful of new drugs, many launched in the 1990s, including Rezulin, Trovan, Propulsid, and Lotronex.

The debate over the war in Congress this winter is likely just a ...  -  Mar 18, 2007
The American Prospect,For sheer corporate hubris, it is hard to match the story of Pfizer's Trovan trial in Nigeria, first reported in The Washington Post seven years ago and now

AKC Companion Animal Recovery Introduces Revolutionary Microchip  -  Feb 26, 2007
AKC GazetteTROVAN transponders have been in production and used in a variety of applications since 1991, using the most modern operational and manufacturing

Advanced BioHealing Builds Commercial Leadership Team  Oct 25, 2006
Mr. O'Briant was involved with such products as Trovan(R), Zyvox(R) and Diflucan(R) all products geared toward vascular surgeons, podiatrists and wound care ... -Earthtimes.org The Body Hunters: How the Drug Industry Tests Its Products on the ...  Oct 31, 2006
...legal action against researchers alleged to have overridden safety concerns and failed to inform patients about the experimental use of oral Trovan (a new broad ... -Journal of American Medical Association (subscription), NEWS WITH A VIEW  Sep 11, 2006
...specimens. According to its findings, at least 11 children died after being treated with the oral antibiotic ‘Trovan.’. Pfizer ... -Organiser

Fluoroquinolones in children addressed in AAP policy  Sep 1, 2006
Trovafloxacin (Trovan) and gatifloxacin (Tequin) were studied and reported in children, but neither is currently available based on decisions made by the ... -AAP News (subscription)

Mineral supplements shouldn't be mixed with certain antibiotics  Aug 14, 2006
Levaquin belongs to a class of drugs called fluoroquinolones. Others in this group include Cipro (ciprofloxacin), Noroxin, Floxin and Trovan. ... -Fort Worth Star Telegram

A Pfizer Scientist Sees Research Dividends Ahead  Jul 18, 2006
...hit with the disclosure of a Nigerian government report that said the company had acted improperly during a 1996 clinical trial of Trovan, an antibiotic, on ... -The Ledger

Keep vitamins and dairy away from Levaquin  Jul 18, 2006
Levaquin belongs to a class of drugs called fluoroquinolones. Others in this group include Cipro (ciprofloxacin), Noroxin, Floxin and Trovan. ... -Newsday

Drug trials - A fine line  Jul 8, 2006
The company says it obtained all necessary permission from patients and the Nigerian government when it administered its Trovan antibiotic to 100 children in ... -Ethical Corporation Magazine



A New Spin on Fighting for Justice  Mar 9, 2006
The pharmaceutical giant allegedly used the crisis to conduct biomedical research experiments involving Pfizer's antibiotic drug Trovan on Nigerian children. ... - AlterNet



Coming to a clinical trial near you.  Feb 21, 2006
Also justifiably unsparing is the Washington Post's 2000 series "The Body Hunters," which critically examined Pfizer's experiments with Trovan on Nigerian ... - Slate

Pill Pushers  09 Feb 2006
Once, when Reidy thought his friend was underprescribing the Pfizer antibiotic Trovan, Reidy confronted him, to which the urologist apologized: "You're right. ... - LongIslandPress.com

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