pfizer has obtained a broad agreement to pay millions of dollars to nigeria ' s kano state to settle a criminal case alleging that the drug had illegally tested an unusual drug on gravely ill children during a 1996 meningitis event . the parties remain private , but unnamed close to the deals said the total payments - - including those to the children , their fathers , the youth and the government ' s attorneys - - would be about $ 75 percent under the proposed settlement term . other items , including how the currency will be distributed , are to be working out upon time .
Pfizer is the world's largest drug company.