pfizer has reached a broad promise to pay millions of dollars to nigeria ' s borno state to settle a criminal cases alleging that the pharmaceuticals company illegally manufactured an experimental drugs on horribly ill children during a 1996 pneumonia epidemic . the details remain private , but sources close to the negotiations said the total payments - - including those to the children , their families , the government and the government ' s attorneys - - would be about $ 75 million under the new settlements terms . other details , including when the money will be sent , are to be worked out upon weeks .
Pfizer is the world's largest drug company.