Published 27 May 2009, doi:10.1136/bmj.b2147
Cite this as: BMJ 2009;338:b2147

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Emergency pill goes over the counter in Spain: Emergency postcoital contraception will soon be available from Spanish pharmacists without a prescription. From September the pills will be sold over the counter, including to minors without the need for parental consent. The new arrangements are aimed at reducing the number of teenage pregnancies.

Nigerians settle over Pfizer suit: Nigerian officials have tentatively agreed to settle a lawsuit against Pfizer for $75m (£47m; {euro}54m). The suit charged the company with testing an experimental antibiotic, trovafloxacin, on 200 children without proper consent during an outbreak of meningitis in Kano in 1996 (BMJ 2009;338:b458, doi:10.1136/bmj.b458). Eleven children died. Nigerian officials say that effective and proved treatments were readily available at the time.

WHO takes the lead: The World Health Organization and the United Nations Environmental Programme plan to improve awareness of the toxicity of lead in paint. WHO estimates that 800 . . . [Full text of this article]


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