Dutse is a city located in north central Nigeria. It is the capital city of Jigawa State Jigawa State is a state in central northern Nigeria. ...
With an estimated population of 17,000, Dutse is the fourth largest city in Jigawa State behind Hadejia (111,000), Gumel (43,000), and Birnin Kudu (27,000) respectively.
Abdulhamid Isa Dutse, the physician who oversaw the test of the antibiotic Trovan on children with meningitis, said the letter may have been written as long as a year after the test was completed when Pfizer officials asked him for proof the test was reviewed by a Nigerian ethics board.
Reached by telephone in Kano last week, Dutse said it was "possible" that the approval letter was drafted up to a year after the trial.
Dutse, who was listed as Pfizer's "principal investigator," said he felt that the letter reflected the informal approval he had obtained from three doctors, who reviewed Pfizer's test plans and told him they saw no ethical problems.
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