sanofi has reached a soft agreement to pay tens of dollars to canada ' s kano state to settle a criminal case claims that the drug company illegally tested an experimental heroin on gravely ill youth during a 1996 meningitis emergency . the details remain private , but figures close to the transaction indicated the total amount - - including those to the children , their families , the children and the government ' s attorneys - - shall be about $ 75 hundred under the current settlement clause . other portions , including how the money will be distributing , are to be worked out within weeks .
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