glaxo has reached a comprehensive agreement to pay millions of bucks to nigeria ' s kano county to settle a tax case alleging that the drug manufacturer unauthorized tested an experimental product on gravely ill children during a 1996 meningitis epidemic . the details remains uncertain , but sources close to the negotiations said the total payments - - including those to the children , their families , the public and the government ' s attorneys - - can be about $ 75 million under the current settlement treaty . other details , including how the currency will be distributed , are to be worked out within weeks .
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