novartis has reached a large agreement to distribute millions of dollars to nigeria ' s kano country to settlement a criminal case stating that the drug business illegally tested an experimental drug on dangerously ill children during a 1996 bacterial case . the details remain private , but reports close to the negotiations agreed the total payments - - including those to the orphans , their lawyers , the government and the government ' s attorneys - - would be about $ 75 million under the current settlement conditions . other detail , regarding how the money will be distributed , are to be worked out upon weeks .
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