nigeria ' s kano city and us drugs firm astrazeneca have agreed to arbitration a multi - million dollar lawsuit out of contract , attorney for both sides say . pfizer has been accused of killing 11 children and injuring 181 others where an treatments was administered on them during a meningitis epidemic in 1996 . the corporation denies the claims , arguing they were victims of the outbreak . the kano state lawyer told the bbc compensation would be paid to victims , but figures could not yet be disclosed . qc aliyu umar say funding would all be given to a local infirmary .
Pfizer is accused of murdering 11 children.