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MARIVELES, BATAAN (Eagle News) — Kusang-loob na pina-awtopsiya ang isa sa mga batang namatay matapos mabakunahan ng Dengvaxia. Binigyan ni Nelson de Guzman ng pahintulot ang mga otoridad na maisailalim sa pagsusuri ang bangkay ng kanyang anak na si Cristine Mae de Guzman, 10. Ang nakababatang De Guzman ay namatay matapos itong mabakunahan ng anti-dengue vaccine na Dengvaxia noong nag-aaral pa ang bata sa Barangay Sisiman Elementary School. Kasama ng mga doktor na nagsagawa ng autopsy […]
(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 […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked several government officials to comment on the petition seeking to compel them to address the health risks attributed to Dengvaxia. In a press conference, SC Spokesperson Theodore Te said the respondents–Health Secretary Francisco Duque III, Department of the Interior and Local Government officer-in-charge Catalino Cuy, Education Secretary Leonor Briones, Food and Drug Administration Director General Nela Charade Puno, and program director of the Department of Health-National Center […]
(Eagle News) — The Public Attorney’s Office on Monday said that it would file criminal, civil and administrative charges in February in connection with the Dengvaxia mess. PAO chief Persida Acosta did not say exactly against whom the charges would be filed. She, however, said that in the civil case, included were those who “had something to do with allowing” the implementation of the immunization program. She said said that almost 300 families whose children […]
An expert panel of doctors from the University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital is investigating if the deaths of 14 children had any link to the controversial dengue vaccine Dengvaxia, officials said Friday. Dengue was blamed for only four of the 14 deaths being probed, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said, with lupus and meningococcemia named as the cause of the others. But now the panel of experts will verify those reports, health officials said. The […]
(Eagle News) — The Food and Drug Administration has imposed a P100,000 fine on French drug manufacturer Sanofi Pasteur for its alleged failure to comply with post-marketing authorization requirements. The FDA also suspended the sale of the company’s controversial anti-dengue vaccine Dengvaxia for a year. “Records and evidence clearly showed that respondent….has exhibited the propensity to not comply with this office’s regulatory requirements for its products, Dengvaxia and Dengvaxia MD,” the FDA said in its decision […]
Panel to review data on controversial Dengvaxia vaccine (Eagle News) — The Department of Health announced on Tuesday that it would convene an independent dengue expert panel within the week to look into data on the controversial Dengvaxia vaccine. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said the decision to convene the panel was made because of the latest update from the World Health Organization. The WHO recently affirmed Sanofi Pasteur’s statement that said that those with […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Justice on Saturday issued an immigration lookout bulletin against former President Benigno Aquino III, several former high-ranking government officials and six others. The lookout bulletin order against the former President, his former Health Secretary Janette Garin, former Budget Secretary Butch Abad, former Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa and Gillaume Leroy, Olivier Brandicourt, Ruby Dizon, Thomas Triomphe and Carlito Realuyo of drug manufacturer Sanofi was in connection with a complaint […]
Former high-ranking gov’t officials, Sanofi officials also charged (Eagle News) — Former President Benigno Aquino III is facing a second criminal complaint over the Dengvaxia mess. Apart from Aquino, charged with graft and for violation of the Government Procurement Reform Act were former Health Secretary Janette Garin, former Budget and Management Secretary Florencio Abad, and former Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa. Also charged were Sanofi Pasteur officials—chief executive officer Olivier Brandicourt, vice president Guillaume Leroy, medical director Dr. […]
(Agence France Presse) — The Department of Health has tapped the Philippine General Hospital to determine whether three deaths were linked to Dengvaxia. Health Secretary Francisco Duque told reporters the University of the Philippines-run will assemble a panel of medical experts and pathologists to look into the deaths of the three vaccinated children. “UP-PGH will be providing an independent review and assessment on the probable cause of deaths of cases submitted by the Department of […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service Victims of the Dengvaxia snafu will now receive free legal assistance from the Public Attorneys Office. According to PAO Chief Atty. Persida Acosta, this was after Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre issued Department Order No. 792 authorizing PAO lawyers to represent the victims in civil, criminal and administrative cases stemming from Dengvaxia-related injuries, illnesses and deaths. “The order takes effect immediately and shall remain in force until revoked,” Aguirre said […]
(Eagle News) — Cebu Rep. Gwendolyn Garcia on Friday said she was only trying to do what she could for her constituents when she asked then-Health Secretary Paulyn Ubial to expand the government’s dengue vaccination program to her province. “Ginagampanan lang namin ang role namin as fiscalizer at mabigyan ng benefits ang constituents namin kung may government program na ganito,” Garcia said in a radio interview. She recalled telling Ubial during a session in 2016 […]
