FRENCH pharmaceutical giant Sanofi Pasteur has agreed to pay back P1.4 billion worth of unused anti-dengue vaccines on the request of the Philippine government.

“Sanofi Pasteur has responded positively to the Philippine Department of Health’s (DoH) request that we provide reimbursement for the doses of Dengvaxia that were not used by the government in the public vaccination program,” the company said in a statement to media on Monday.