pfizer has reached a broad compromise to pay tons of dollars to nigeria ' s kano state to settle a criminal charge alleging that the drug company illegally tested an experimental drug on gravely ill children during a 1996 measles incident . the details remain private , but some close to the negotiations said the total payments - - including those to the children , their families , the parents and the regime ' s attorneys - - would be about $ 75 million under the current settle terms . other parts , notably who the money will be distribution , are to be played out within decades .
Pfizer is the world's largest drug company.