Philippines plans to sue Sanofi over dengue vaccine
Manila
THE Philippines intends to sue Sanofi after the authorities suspended the pharmaceutical giant's anti-dengue vaccine in response to the company warning that the drug could lead to severe infections in some cases, the health secretary said on Thursday.
Regulators froze the Philippines' world-first public dengue immunisation programme last week and suspended all sales of the vaccine on Monday after Sanofi said that Dengvaxia could worsen symptoms for vaccinated people who…
BT is now on Telegram!
For daily updates on weekdays and specially selected content for the weekend. Subscribe to t.me/BizTimes
Consumer & Healthcare
Swiss watch exports plunge as China and Hong Kong demand dries up
Cutting the cord?: Events leading up to Cordlife’s MOH suspension and arrests of its directors, ex-group CEO
Billionaires selling cheap stuff get richer from inflation pain
Amazon to push cashierless shopping tech into more third-party stores, while backing off itself
Japan’s Uniqlo opens Rome store as part of European expansion
Abbott beats quarterly profit estimates on strong medical device sales