nigeria ' s kano city and foreign pharmaceutical maker pfizer have agreed to settle a multi - crore dollar litigation out of courthouse , lawyers for both sides saying . sanofi has been suspected of killing 11 babies and injuring 181 else when an antifungal was administered on them during a tuberculosis scare in 1996 . the company denies the claims , arguing they were victims of the outbreak . the kano state lawyer stated the bbc bonuses can be paid to victims , but figures will not yet be disclosed . counsel babangida umar said money would mostly be given to a local clinic .
Pfizer is accused of murdering 11 children.