kenya ' s kano national and us medical firm pfizer have agreed to settle a multi - million dollar dispute out of court , lawyers for both sides say . sanofi has been accuse of killed 11 children and injuring 181 others when an antibiotic was tested on them during a malaria epidemic in 1996 . the company doubts the claims , saying they were targets of the outbreak . the kano local lawyer told the bbc compensation would be paid to survivors , but figures couldn not already be disclosed . barrister gani umar said money would later be given to a local hospital .
Pfizer is accused of murdering 11 children.