Philippines says to charge officials of Sanofi, government over dengue deaths

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MANILA: The Philippine justice ministry said on Friday (Mar 1) it had found probable cause to indict officials from French drugmaker Sanofi and ...

MANILA: The Philippine justice ministry said on Friday it had found probable cause to indict officials from French drugmaker Sanofi and former and current Philippine health officials over a series of dengue-related deaths.

The Department of Justice said in a statement it would recommend charges be filed in court for reckless imprudence resulting in homicide, due to what it said were procedural lapses in the implementation of a dengue immunization program in 2016 using the vaccine Dengvaxia.It recommended six Sanofi officials and 14 current and former Philippine health officials be charged.

 

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