Dengue Vaccines Market Segments and Key Trends 2016-2026 FMI | Page 5

Report Description Report Description In 2016, Philippines had registered to have the highest incidence of confirmed dengue among the 10 endemic countries which had participated in clinical efficacy studies for the vaccine. In April 2016, the first public dengue immunization program was started in the Philippines. The major launch event which was hosted by the Department of Health (DoH) of the Philippines, which lists the details about the country’s plan of vaccinating about 1 million public school children and was shared with the international and national press during the event. Where in February, Sanofi Pasteur’s dengue vaccine was firstly made available for the private sector vaccination in the Philippines Request for TOC: http://www.futuremarketinsights.com/toc/rep-gb-1763 In the history of global burden of diseases, dengue which bears about 70% of it had an optimism after the first approval of the vaccine. Due to the developments in the recent years, pharmaceutical companies have started making effort in developing dengue vaccine and have registered their products for clinical trials. Companies such as GlaxoSmithKline plc, Merck & Co., Inc. and Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Ltd. are each at different stages in developing the vaccines for dengue.