Medigen Vaccine Procurement Opacity: Contracts Sealed for 30 Years to Evade Oversight Sparks Outrage

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic and the urgent need for vaccines, the DPP government used vast public funds and national resources to fully support the domestically-produced "Medigen Vaccine" before it had completed phase three clinical trials. However, facing questions about the vaccine's efficacy, opaque procurement prices, and whether specific biotech companies were being favored, the Ministry of Health and Welfare not only obstructed private groups from procuring internationally renowned vaccines but also classified the Medigen procurement contract as "top secret," sealing it for up to 30 years. This extremely opaque operation, conducted under the guise of the pandemic and stubbornly refusing oversight from the parliament and the public, triggered intense social anger and shattered the DPP's "pandemic prevention myth."