Drug Testing in Nigeria

A pharmacurtical company wanting to test their new drug "Trovan" an anti-infectve pill in Nigeria

• bacterial menengitus leaves people with defects so it wasn't the drug's fault
• In the US 10-12% of menengitus patients die
• Already in phase 3 of testing
• humanitarian intentions
• donated money for medical supplies
• paid for extra treatmenat
• recieved written authorization from national agencies

• thousands of lawsuits against them
• largest criminal fine ever paid
• unsanitary hospital
• had not tested Trovan on this strain of menengitus
• many left with defects
• recieved no written consent
• paid Nigerians to be quiet
• US supreme court said they could be sued in US too
• never tested on childeren

a statement of ethical principles to provide guidance to physicians and other participants in medical research involving human subjects

• the subjects must be volunteers and informed participants
• if the subject cant consent, a guardian must

• had to submit plans of testing to the ethics comittee of Kano hospital (very unproffessional)
• denounced human rights
• little public health regulations