Abdullahi v. Pfizer, Inc.

In the Abdullahi v. Pfizer, Inc. case, a group of Nigerian families sued the pharmaceutical company Pfizer for allegedly conducting an unapproved and unethical clinical trial of the antibiotic trovafloxacin on children in Kano, Nigeria, in 1996. The trial was conducted without proper informed consent and resulted in the deaths of several children. The case highlights concerns over pharmaceutical companies conducting clinical trials in developing countries with inadequate safeguards.