CITY OF SAN FERNANDO—The French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi Pasteur, maker of the controversial dengue vaccine Dengvaxia, is dealing with more than 2,000 lawsuits in several countries involving various issues, including ill effects of its products, a public interest lawyer has informed Malacañang. Francisco sent copies of his letter to Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III and Solicitor General Jose Calida. In his latest letter to Malacañang, Francisco said Sanofi Pasteur disclosed in 2012 that it was cooperating with the US justice department, which investigated the promotion in the United States of the drugs Seprafilm and Sculptra. ADVERTISEMENTHe said Sanofi Pasteur paid $109 million in claims related to the sampling of a third drug, Hyalgan. In 2016, Francisco said, Sanofi Pasteur disclosed that it and its affiliates were “involved in litigation, arbitration and other legal proceedings.”

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer March 08, 2018 23:03 UTC