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(Eagle News) — Senator Richard Gordon on Thursday revealed he was “approached” by Sanofi so they could have a meeting with him. “But I’m sorry, I’m not going to meet with them. It’s not advisable and not timely to do so knowing what I read,” Gordon said, apparently referring to the reports of bribery and false claims, among others, that have hounded Sanofi in other parts of the world. He said the French ambassador also […]
(Eagle News) — Sanofi Pasteur on Wednesday apologized for what a lawmaker said was its “irresponsible statement” that caused a “public scandal.” “I am sorry it has created confusion, this is why I would like to clarify..,” Thomas Triomphe, Asia Pacific head of Sanofi, told members of the House of Representatives’ panel committee on good government and public accountability. Triomphe made the statement when asked by Rep. Rodante Marcoleta if he was sorry for what […]
(Eagle News) — Sanofi Pasteur on Wednesday again sought to downplay the effects of its newest advisory about its dengue vaccine, insisting that Dengvaxia was “safe and effective.” Speaking before the House committee on good government and public accountability that is also holding an inquiry into the fiasco, Thomas Triomphe, Asia Pacific head of Sanofi Pasteur, added that there was “no cause for fear and alarm.” “To permanently remove the vaccine from the Philippine market… would […]
(Eagle News) — An unvaccinated child died of severe dengue on Tuesday, a Department of Health official said. Assistant Secretary Eric Tayag made the announcement in a Twitter post, a day after the Senate blue ribbon and health committees resumed hearings on the Dengvaxia mess. “I prayed hard so that a 7-year-old girl I visited in the hospital will recover from organ failure due to severe dengue…She died early today,” Tayag said. The Dengvaxia snafu […]
(Eagle News) – Senator Richard Gordon said former President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III should also be investigated, and possibly even invited to the senate hearing probing the government’s unusually hasty procurement and implementation of the anti-dengue vaccination program, particularly the Dengvaxia vaccine which has not completed clinical trials. Gordon said that the P3.5 billion budget released for the Dengvaxia vaccination on more than 800,000 schoolchildren was also released with undue haste, or in just […]
(Eagle News) – Former Health Secretary Janette Garin on Monday said the Department of Health at that time was only looking after the welfare of Filipinos when it decided to procure the controversial dengue vaccine Dengvaxia. “The (DOH) is a department of dedicated professionals motivated by nothing more to address severe public health problem posed by dengue,” she said during the joint hearing of the Senate public health and blue ribbon committees on the Dengvaxia […]
(Eagle News) — Former Health Secretary Janette Garin on Monday denied money exchanged hands in the procurement of the controversial dengue vaccine Dengvaxia. In a media interview before the start of the joint hearing of the blue ribbon and health committees, Garin said that the proper process was followed in the procurement of the vaccine during former President Benigno Aquino III’s term. “Wala po itong korupsyon. Wala po itong paghahangad na pagmamadali,” she said. She […]
Vaccine was FDA-approved so we trusted it was safe, Lecciones says (Eagle News) — The executive director of the Philippine Children’s Medical Center on Sunday admitted that he played a role in the procurement of the controversial dengue vaccine Dengvaxia. In an interview over dzbb, PCMC Executive Director Julius Lecciones said, however, that it was the then-Health Secretary who directed that this be done. The health secretary at that time was Janette Garin. “Ang PCMC […]
French pharma move follows FDA’s order to suspend sale, marketing, distribution of Dengvaxia (Eagle News) — Pharmaceutical firm Sanofi Pasteur said on Tuesday that it was looking to have a “constructive and transparent” dialogue with the Food and Drug Administration. The French company issued the statement after the FDA ordered the suspension of the sale, distribution and marketing of Dengvaxia following Sanofi’s admission “severe cases” could occur in individuals who have not had the virus but […]
(Eagle News)– There have been no reported deaths related to the dengue vaccine Dengvaxia. This is according to Sanofi Pasteur, which manufactures the drug that it said could cause “severe cases” upon administration in those that have not been afflicted with dengue beforehand. In a statement on Monday, the pharmaceutical company said that this means that these people had an “increased risk of hospitalization for dengue and severe dengue, predominantly Grade I or II Dengue Hemorrhagic […]
(Eagle News)– The public should continue to trust the government’s vaccine program even with the recent snafu involving its dengue vaccine procured under the Aquino administration. “Unang una, ang immunization program ng (Department of Health) ay talagang napaka-mahalaga nito sapagkat napatunayan na ng ilang dekada na ang bakuna ay talagang..naililigtas ang mga bata, ang mga sanggol mula sa mga vaccine-preventable diseases,” Health Secretary Francisco Duque said in an interview over dzbb. He gave the assurance […]
(Eagle News) — The government’s dengue vaccination program that uses the Dengvaxia vaccine was temporarily halted. This was after a statement released by its manufacturer, Sanofi, that said that people who have not contracted dengue before they were vaccinated with Dengvaxia could actually contract a more severe dengue disease because of the vaccine. In a press briefing on Friday, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said that the vaccination program on dengue using Dengvaxia would […]
