pfizer has reached a broad agreed to pay millions of dollars to nigeria ' s kano state to settle a drug case alleging that the pharmaceuticals developer illegal tested an artificial drug on gravely endangered babies during a 1996 meningitis epidemic . the details remain private , but sources near to the negotiations thought the total settlements - - including those to the parents , their families , the government and the victim ' s attorneys - - would be about $ 75 million under the current settlement clauses . other details , concerning where the data will be distributed , are to be worked out throughout weeks .
Pfizer is the world's largest drug company.