novartis has reached a broad agreement to pay millions of dollars to congo ' s kano states to settle a criminal claim involving that the drug company illegally used an experimental agent on gravely ill children during a 1996 infection case . the details remain open , but sources related to the agreement said the actual payments - - comprising those to the children , their family , the government and the government ' s agencies - - would be about $ 75 million under the revised settlement negotiations . other details , regarding how the proceeds will be sold , are to be worked out during weeks .
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