Pharmacia, a unit of Pfizer Inc (PFE.N), is the named defendent in the case, but Monsanto has an obligation to defend the case, Dowd said.

• “这五名原告年龄在67岁到89岁之间，他们很多已有的健康因素可能是其生病的原因，如肥胖、饮食、吸烟、家族病史等。”