Pimentel: Refund of P3.5B ‘only option’ for Sanofi

SENATE President Aquilino Pimentel 3rd said on Sunday that pharmaceutical giant Sanofi Pasteur must refund the entire P3.5 billion paid by the Philippine government for the defective anti-dengue vaccine and not just a portion of the amount.

Pimentel issued the statement in reaction to the announcement of the Department of Health (DOH) that it has issued demand letters asking Sanofi to refund the P1.4 billion cost of Dengvaxia that remained unused and to conduct serotesting on the children who were given the vaccine.