Officials involved in the possible overpricing of the now-controversial vaccine, Dengvaxia, should be held liable, Sen. Grace Poe said Thursday. During the House committee on good government and public accountability hearing on the botched immunization program on Wednesday, found that the government bought the vaccine for $21 “societal price” instead of its $13 threshold price. Lawmakers also found during the Wednesday hearing that a member of the Department of Health (DOH)’s Formulary Executive Committee (FEC), Dr. Hilton Lam, was commissioned by Sanofi Pasteur to study the cost effectiveness of Dengvaxia. Lam said that the study set the pricing of the vaccine’s threshold price at $13 (P600), and “societal price” at $21 (P1,000) per dose. Lam admitted that he was paid by Sanofi Pasteur P300,000 for the study.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 14, 2017 01:52 UTC