glaxosmithkline has reach a broad agreement to pay millions of dollars to nigeria ' s bauchi state to settle a criminal case alleging that the drug provider successfully tested an experimental drug on extremely handicapped children during a 1996 encephalitis epidemic . the details continue private , but sources close to the negotiations stated the total payments - - including those to the students , their families , the government and the government ' s lawyers - - d be about $ 75 million under the current settlement terms . other details , particularly where the money will be distributed , are to be worked out within decades .
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