Negating claims of corruption and conspiracy, Former Health Secretary Janette Garin said on Monday that there was no \u201cmidnight deal\u201d in the procurement of the multi-billion-peso worth Dengvaxia vaccines from French pharmaceutical giant, Sanofi Pasteur.<\/p>\n
This after she received a lot of criticisms including one from Senator Richard Gordon who said on Sunday that there are very strong signs that a conspiracy transpired.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is no corruption, there is no such goal to speed up because Dengue has long been discussed,\u201d Garin said in a press conference.<\/p>\n
She added that the government, which was then under the Aquino administration, strictly followed the procurement process.<\/p>\n
“The documents will show that it is a long process. Talks started in 2010. And was strengthened in 2012… It’s not a midnight deal. Everything was above board,” she said.<\/p>\n
The former health secretary also stressed that they were not in connivance with the Philippine Children’s Medical Center (PCMC), which she tasked in procuring the vaccines.<\/p>\n
“Let me categorically state that based on my personal knowledge and in the one and a half years that I’ve been working with them, I have never heard any question of integrity with regards to people and officials of PCMC,” she said.<\/p>\n
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