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Pfizer seeks settlement over drugs trial: Nigerian official
- 2008-04-28
KANO, Nigeria AFP — US pharmaceuticals company Pfizer Inc. and the Nigerian state of Kano resumed talks aimed at reaching an out-of-court settlement over an alleged illegal drugs trial, an official said Monday. The alleged illegal clinical trial was carried out in 1996 and left 11 children dead and...
Key drug hearing to continue in March: Indian officials
- 2008-02-29
NEW DELHI AFP — A landmark plea by an Indian drug firm for a "compulsory licence" to sell generic copies of patented drugs to poor countries will continue next month. India's patent office held hearings on the case, the first of its kind in the country that is the...
Stretch limo to help quit smoking in Austria
- 2008-01-24
VIENNA AFP — No more nicotine tablets and patches: the latest tool to help people quit smoking is a luxurious stretch limousine, according to a new anti-smoking campaign in Austria. Where guilt and health concerns no longer work, financial incentives may be the answer for those wishing to give...
Nigerian court defers case against Pfizer until October
- 2007-07-25
ABUJA AFP — A Nigerian court Wednesday put off to October 29 the hearing in a fresh government lawsuit against US firm Pfizer claiming 6.5 billion dollars in damages for deaths allegedly stemming from drug trials. "There are 23 count charges of criminal conduct against Pfizer and its executives,...
Nigeria files new lawsuit against Pfizer
- 2007-07-20
ABUJA AFP — Nigeria filed a new lawsuit Friday against US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer claiming some 6.5 billion dollars in damages for deaths allegedly stemming from drug trials. Hours after dropping its original suit claiming seven billion dollars in damages, government lawyer Babatunde Irukera presented a new complaint to...
Nigerian parents hail case against 'vampire' US drugs giant Pfizer
- 2007-06-09
KANO, Nigeria AFP — The frustrated Nigerian father spits out his venom against the US pharmaceuticals giant, calling it a vampire who preyed on poor, sick Africans to test new drugs -- and ruined his son's life. The target of Mohammed Mustapha's wrath is Pfizer Inc., whom he blames,...
Pfizer to roll out new AIDS drug in July
- 2007-06-06
JOHANNESBURG AFP — Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. said Wednesday that it would launch a new HIV-AIDS drug, Maraviroc, in July after tests were conducted successfully in the United States. "A new HIV-AIDS medicine is coming out in July after tests being carried out in the United States by the...
Philippines seeks end of Pfizer Norvasc patent
- 2007-05-08
MANILA AFP — A state-owned Philippine company on Tuesday urged regulators to cancel the patent held by pharmaceutical giant Pfizer on a popular anti-hypertension drug Norvasc. Philippine International Trading Corp. PITC wants the Intellectual Property Office to cancel the US-based company's exclusive patents on amlodipine besylate, known as Norvasc,...
Erectile dysfunction prevalent in Asia: Pfizer
- 2007-04-24
SINGAPORE AFP — An estimated 20 percent of Asian men suffer from erectile dysfunction, an executive from pharmaceutical firm Pfizer said Tuesday. "It is a prevalent issue," Jude Selvaraj, Pfizer's medical adviser in Singapore and Malaysia, told AFP at the launch of Pfizer's new diagnostic kit to help men...
EU clears Johnson and Johnson's buy of Pfizer's healthcare business
- 2006-12-11
BRUSSELS AFP — EU regulators have given their approval to Johnson and Johnson's purchase of US drug company Pfizer's consumer healthcare business after the US medical supplies giant promised to sell some assets to ensure competition. The European Commission said Johnson and Johnson promised to sell overlapping activities in Italy...
Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| David Guiraud | Vice President |
| Claude Perret | Director, HR |
| Denis Hiault | Director, Info |
| Jean-Pierre Vignolle | Director General |
| Jocelyne Bulke | Assistant Director |
| Michel Tourmen | Director, Finance |
| Yves de Saint Jacob | Director, Multimedia Business Development & Communications |
| Luke Hunt | |
| Michael Mainville | Correspondent |
| Dan Jung | Multimedia Editor |
| Peter Wutherich | Editor |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Pierre Louette | Chairman & CEO |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Chairman & CEO | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Executive Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, HR | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Director, HR | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Info | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director General | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Assistant Director | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Finance | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Finance | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Multimedia Business Development & Communications | Current |
Luke Hunt has worked as a journalist for 20 years, primarily with Agence France-Presse, and is a routine contributor to World Politics Review. In addition to covering the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, he has extensive experience in Asia and the Middle East. He served as AFP bureau chief in Phnom Penh and Kabul. Currently based in Hong Kong, Hunt's work has appeared in many international newspapers and on international networks including CNN, the BBC and ABC in his native Australia. He has an academic background in military studies and economics.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Correspondent | Current |
| Global Radio News Ltd. | Current | |
| San Francisco Chronicle | Moscow-Based Freelance Correspondent | Former |
| The Gazette | Reporter | Former |
| The Prague Post | Reporter | Former |
Array
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Dan Jung | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| International Center for Journalists | Master | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Editor | Current |
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