nigeria ' s kano state and us drugs firm sanofi have agreed to settle a multi - million usd lawsuit out of court , prosecutors for both nations say . pfizer has been accused of shooting 11 children and injured 181 women when an antibiotic was developed on them during a meningitis epidemic in 1996 . the company denies the charges , saying they were victims of the outbreak . the abuja state lawyer told the cbc wages would be payment to parents , but figures could not quite be disclosed . barrister aliyu umar claimed money was also be sent to a nearby patient .
Pfizer is accused of murdering 11 children.