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KANO, Nigeria (AP) - Lawyers for a northern Nigeria state seeking $2 billion in damages from Pfizer Inc. over allegations of wrongdoing in a decades-old drug study failed to show up for the first court proceedings Monday and the case was postponed.
The judge hearing the case launched by the northern state of Kano said criminal proceedings lodged against company officers now would begin July 4, while a related civil case seeking the monetary damages would begin July 9.
Officials in northern Nigeria's Kano state and company officials weren't immediately available for comment. Nigeria's government is in disarray after the May 29 inauguration of new governors, state assemblies and elected federal officers, including a new president.
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