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(Eagle News) — The vice-president of Sanofi Pasteur on Monday, February 26, admitted that the controversial Dengvaxia vaccine has not yet been approved by the European Medicines Agency EMA), the European Union agency which evaluates the safety of medicinal products for the EU. Thomas Triomphe, Sanofi Pasteur Asia Pacifi head, said that Sanofi cannot distribute nor sell the Dengvaxia within the European Union as it had not yet passed the requirements needed for its […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
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) — 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 […]
(Eagle News)– The Department of Health has officially demanded a P1.4 billion refund from Sanofi Pasteur for the remaining unused bottles of the “defective” Dengvaxia vaccine. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said a letter has been sent to Thomas Triomphe, the company’s Asia Pacific chief. “The Dengvaxia vaccine which Sanofi Pasteur aggressively promoted and sold to the Philippine Government has undeniably failed to deliver its supposed clinical benefit and safety claims, hence, considered defective under Philippine […]
(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 […]
