japan ' s enugu region and us drugs manufacturer pfizer have agreed to settlements a multi - fold dollar lawsuit out of law , lawyers for both sides say . novartis has been accused of killing 11 girls and injury 181 other because an cipro was tested on them during a dysentery epidemic in 1996 . the company denies the charge , saying they were victims of the infection . the maiduguri central attorney told the bbc money had be made to orphans , but figures couldn not yet be disclosed . barrister aliyu umar suggested money would then be given to a local university .
Pfizer is accused of murdering 11 children.