The mutual agreement of the cancellation of one new vaccine penalty is 9.2 billion yen.

The mutual agreement of the cancellation of one new vaccine penalty is 9.2 billion yen. 

Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare announced that it agreed to cancel about 8.38 million batches that hit about 33.5% among 25 million batches when the Novartis Co. in Switzerland had been connected with the purchasing contract on the 28th with this company the import vaccine of a new influenza that went around from last year to this year. 

The penalty is about 9.22 billion yen. The expense reduction forehead that subtracted this becomes about 1.56 billion yen. It has already been delivered, and this ministry discusses the disposal time and method to face the expiration date by the 30th this month at about 16.62 million batches (correspond 21.4 billion yen) other than the cancellation. The vaccine made of this company, and the circulation lingua is 2465 batches in the country slightly by April. 

Moreover, it agreed to secure the frame that did the priority supply to Japan until 40 million batches when a new influenza would go around in the future and the vaccine of this company was needed. Free of charge and it is Iu this time though it usually costs 10 billion yen or more to secure the frame. 

France is this company and agrees on the cancellation of about 44% in foreign countries according to Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Italy is be in terms, and the Netherlands is the cancellation none. 

Japan agrees on a part of of the purchasing contract cancellation with British Glaxo Group Ltd. and Smith Clein that is another import origin in March. The amount of payment to two companies became about 85.3 billion yen in total including this penalty for about 112.6 billion yen of the first schedule in total.