Sanofi launches global first with dengue immunization program in the Philippines
French pharma giant Sanofi (Euronext: SAN) has started the world’s first dengue immunization program in the Philippines.
At a major launch event on Monday hosted by the Department of Health (DoH) of the Philippines, which is working with Sanofi Pasteur, the company’s vaccines global business unit, details about the country’s plan to vaccinate one million public school children were shared.
In December 2015, Sanofi Pasteur’s tetravalent dengue vaccine, Dengvaxia (CYD-TDV), was approved for use in people from nine to 45 years of age for the prevention of dengue fever caused by all four serotypes, in the Philippines.
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