novartis has reached a wide agreement to pay millions of usd to nigeria ' s kano national to resolve a criminal investigation claimed that the drug provider illegally trials an improved drug on gravely sick youth during a 1996 malaria outbreak . the transactions were private , but sources witness to the negotiations mentioned the total payments - - including those to the youth , their wives , the children and the government ' s agents - - may be about $ 75 million under the current settlement provisions . other documents , namely how the cash will be distributed , are to be worked out within months .
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