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(Eagle News) — Drug manufacturer Sanofi Pasteur on Monday reiterated it would not refund the Philippine government the P3 billion it used to purchase the anti-dengue vaccine Dengvaxia. Sanofi also said it would not set up an indemnification fund as requested by the Department of Health. “We stand firmly behind our product. Refunding the used doses of Dengvaxia would imply that the vaccine is ineffective, which is not the case. And at this time, there is […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption and the Vanguard of the Philippine Constitution Inc. filed on Monday a criminal complaint against former President Benigno Aquino III and several others over the Dengvaxia mess. Apart from Aquino, facing the complaint for technical malversation, criminal negligence, violation of the Revised Penal Code and other violations were former Budget Secretary Florencio Abad; former Health Secretary Janette Garin; Health Undersecretaries Carol Tanio, Gerardo […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Monday bucked calls by a group led by former Health Secretary Esperanza Cabral for the Public Attorneys Office to stop conducting autopsies on suspected Dengvaxia victims. In a press conference, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the “position of the government,” after all, “is we’re in search of the truth.” “We will resort to autopsy when it’s needed,” Roque said. Roque appeared to vouch for the integrity of the PAO […]
(Eagle News) — Sanofi Pasteur has refused to give a full refund of the P3.5 billion the government spent on the controversial vaccine Dengvaxia. “Agreeing to refund the used doses of Dengvaxia would imply that the vaccine is ineffective, which is not the case,” Sanofi said in a statement. According to the pharmaceutical company, “the data remains quite clear that, in absolute terms, dengue vaccination in the Philippines will provide a net reduction in dengue […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Widespread fears over a controversial dengue vaccine that some blame for child deaths are wreaking havoc on the Philippines’ war on preventable diseases, with many parents refusing to get their children immunized, a senior health official said Friday. Immunization rates for polio, chicken pox, tetanus and other diseases are significantly down from previous years since the government suspended the sale and distribution of the Dengvaxia vaccine in December, Health Undersecretary […]
Independent panel study results show there was “vaccine failure” in “two to three” of 14 cases, DOH official says (Eagle News) — There has been “vaccine failure” in “two to three” children of the 14 who were administered Dengvaxia and who were autopsied by an independent panel of experts. Health Undersecretary Dr. Rolando Enrique Domingo said that while the “vaccine failure” was seen only in “a small number” of cases, the results of the panel therefore […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — The government will be forced to file a case against Sanofi Pasteur if the pharmaceutical giant will not grant a full P3.5 billion refund of the controversial Dengvaxia vaccine purchase, including payment for damages from the French pharmaceutical firm. Sanofi Pasteur already paid Php 1.16 billion for the unused Dengvaxia vaccine. Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III had earlier urged the Department of Health (DOH) to demand a full refund […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Former Health Secretary Janette Garin and her predecessor Enrique Ona pointed fingers at each other for the Dengvaxia mess at the resumption of the Senate blue ribbon committee’s hearing on Monday. Ona said he never included Dengvaxia in the list of vaccines to be used in the government’s vaccination program at that time because the clinical trial had not been completed. According to Ona, this was despite the fact that […]
(Eagle News)–Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said Sanofi Pasteur was not yet off the hook even if it has agreed to reimburse the government for the unused bottles of Dengvaxia. “…Talagang titingnan pa rin natin ‘yan. Pinag-aaralan natin kung meron ba silang mga ikinubling mga materyal na impormasyon o kaalaman na hindi sinabi doon sa mga nagpasya na ilungsad itong immunization program na ito nung 2012 ng dating administrasyon,” he said in an interview over […]
(Eagle News) — The Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption on Wednesday urged President Rodrigo Duterte to issue a proclamation declaring a state of national emergency following the administration of the controversial Dengvaxia vaccine to over 830,000 people. In a letter received by the Office of the President on Wednesday, January 17, VACC president Dante Jimenez said that the declaration was warranted, given a variety of reasons. For one, he said that “no less than about […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi is to reimburse the Philippine government for leftover doses of an anti-dengue vaccine whose use was suspended due to health concerns, the two parties said Monday. The manufacturer said the refund had nothing to do with safety issues and was meant to improve ties with the Philippine health department, which is investigating the deaths of more than a dozen children injected with Dengvaxia. Philippine regulators stopped […]
(Eagle News) — The Public Attorneys Office has found a link between the deaths of five children and the controversial anti-dengue vaccine Dengvaxia. A newspaper report quoted Dr. Erwin Erfe, PAO forensic laboratory director, as saying that they have observed a pattern in the five children following their autopsies: They fell ill after being administered the vaccine, suffered from internal bleeding, and died six months after the vaccination. In a statement on Wednesday, Health Secretary Francisco […]
