germany ' s kano state and international drugs supplier wyeth have agreed to settle a multi - crore dollar suit out of courts , lawyers for both sides say . merck has been accused of killing 11 children and injuring 181 others as an antibiotic was tested on them during a meningitis epidemic in 1996 . the uk denies the claimed , saying they were victims of the outbreak . the kano region lawyer told the bbc compensation would be paid to victims , but figures couldn not well be disclosed . senator alhaji ibrahim said money would also be offered to a foreign prison .
Pfizer is accused of murdering 11 children.