No refund for used vaccine, Sanofi tells Manila

Manila

FRENCH pharmaceutical giant Sanofi on Monday told the Philippines it would not refund the cost of used doses of a dengue vaccine after the vaccination programme was suspended over health concerns.

The Philippines had asked Sanofi to refund a total of 3.2 billion pesos (S$81.8 million) spent on the public vaccination programme after the company said the vaccine could worsen symptoms in some cases, Health Secretary Francisco Duque said.

Sanofi last month agreed to reimburse the Philippine government 1.6 billion pesos for leftover doses of Dengvaxia. But it said on …