May 5, 2009
Now the folks working on wonder drugs are coming down with swine flu.
By Scott Hensley
Drug giant Pfizer confirmed a man employed at one of its research labs in Connecticut tested positive for the H1N1 virus.
The unidentified man worked in a building in Groton, Conn., where the company tests medicines, a Pfizer spokeswoman told Flu Shots.
But there's no reason to think the man, the first Rhode Island resident confirmed infected with H1N1, caught the flu bug at work. Earlier accounts of his illness said he'd recently traveled to New York.
Pfizer said the man was last on the job on April 27. He has since been treated by his personal doctor and is recovering at home. As a precaution, the company told several other employees who worked near the man to stay home for 10 days, even though they're not showing any symptoms of flu.
Hat tip to CNBC's Mike Huckman.
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