Sanofi Pasteur, a first pharmaceutical manufacturer to jump into the vaccine bidding market and stir up the pharmaceutical distributor industry, could not ink the final procurement agreement. The company dropped its agreement offer as it failed to meet the bidder qualification standards.

A pharmaceutical distributor industry reported on Feb. 4, although Sanofi Pasteur won the military camp hepatitis A virus vaccine procurement bidding via the Korea Online E-procurement System late last month, the company did not pass the bidder review.

Valued at 6.3 billion won, the bidding was intensely competitive with total 47 companies participating. And Sanofi Pasteur was the only pharmaceutical