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Philippine justice department to indict former health chief, several other officials
Source: Xinhua| 2019-03-01 22:37:52|Editor: yan
MANILA, March 1 (Xinhua) -- The Philippine Department of Justice (DOJ) said on Friday that it has found probable cause to indict former Heath Secretary Janette Garin and several others in connection with the deaths of eight children that availed of Dengvaxia dengue vaccine.
The DOJ said in a statement that prosecutors found Garin and the other respondents "exhibited 'inexcusable lack of precaution and foresight' when they facilitated, with undue haste, 'the registration and purchase of Dengvaxia' and used the vaccine in implementing a school-based dengue mass immunization program."
It said the panel of prosecutors, who conducted the preliminary investigation on the deaths of children allegedly linked to the administration of the Dengvaxia vaccine, has found probable cause to indict Garin and nine other officials from the Department of Health, along with officials of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the Philippines and French drugmaker Sanofi Pasteur, for reckless imprudence resulting to homicide.
"The panel found sufficient evidence that Garin and the other respondents circumvented various regulations in the purchase of 3.5 billion pesos worth of Dengvaxia vaccine which constituted proof of their reckless imprudence," the statement read.
According to the DOJ, the panel further found that clinical trials for Dengvaxia were not yet completed when it was purchased and rolled out for use in the mass immunization program. But despite ongoing clinical trials, it said the FDA approved the vaccine's registration...
Philippine justice department to indict former health chief, several other officials
Source: Xinhua| 2019-03-01 22:37:52|Editor: yan
MANILA, March 1 (Xinhua) -- The Philippine Department of Justice (DOJ) said on Friday that it has found probable cause to indict former Heath Secretary Janette Garin and several others in connection with the deaths of eight children that availed of Dengvaxia dengue vaccine.
The DOJ said in a statement that prosecutors found Garin and the other respondents "exhibited 'inexcusable lack of precaution and foresight' when they facilitated, with undue haste, 'the registration and purchase of Dengvaxia' and used the vaccine in implementing a school-based dengue mass immunization program."
It said the panel of prosecutors, who conducted the preliminary investigation on the deaths of children allegedly linked to the administration of the Dengvaxia vaccine, has found probable cause to indict Garin and nine other officials from the Department of Health, along with officials of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the Philippines and French drugmaker Sanofi Pasteur, for reckless imprudence resulting to homicide.
"The panel found sufficient evidence that Garin and the other respondents circumvented various regulations in the purchase of 3.5 billion pesos worth of Dengvaxia vaccine which constituted proof of their reckless imprudence," the statement read.
According to the DOJ, the panel further found that clinical trials for Dengvaxia were not yet completed when it was purchased and rolled out for use in the mass immunization program. But despite ongoing clinical trials, it said the FDA approved the vaccine's registration...