‘Anti-dengue drug approval should be expedited’


PETALING JAYA: The Health Ministry should expedite the approval of the world’s first anti-dengue vaccine after it received the nod from Singapore’s Health and Sciences Authority (HSA).

Universiti Malaya research consultant Prof Emeritus Datuk Dr Lam Sai Kit questioned the delay in approving the Dengvaxia vaccine, pointing out that the dengue situation in Singapore was similar to Malaysia’s.

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