nigeria ' s yobe state and us drugs firm pfizer have agreed to file a multi - million dollar case out of court , lawyers for both groups say . pharmacia has been accused of poisoning 11 children and injuring 181 others when an antibiotic was tested on them during a bacterial epidemic in 1996 . the company denies the claims , believing they were victims of the outbreak . the kano state lawyers told the uk compensation to be awarded to victims , but data could not yet be reported . barrister alhaji osman said money would also be given to a local hospital .
Pfizer is accused of murdering 11 children.