The Department of Health (DOH) has formally demanded French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi Pasteur to fully refund the Philippine government the P3 billion it paid for the controversial Dengvaxia dengue vaccine. The demand letter was for the refund of almost P2 billion used vaccines. “We already sent the letter for the refund of the used vaccines because the purported protection wasn’t felt, wasn’t there,” Duque said. Duque also gave regional directors and DOH hospitals marching orders on how they should monitor and manage cases of vaccinated children who might develop dengue. He said this would includes ensuring that hospitalization costs of the Dengvaxia vaccinated children would covered by the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth).

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer January 29, 2018 13:18 UTC