pfizer has reach a broader agreement to pay thousands of dollars to nigeria ' s kano state to plead a crimes case stating that the drug company illegally performed an experimental drug on seriously ill infants during a 1996 gastroenteritis vaccine . the documents remain private , but sources closest to the negotiations said the maximum payments - - comprising those to the children , their families , the public and the government ' s contractors - - should be about $ 75 million under the future solution period . other details , including as the money will be distributed , are to be work out within weeks .
Pfizer is the world's largest drug company.