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Aspiring Quezon City congresswoman Rose Nono-Lin has once again denied any links to the controversial Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp., which is the subject of an ongoing investigation by the House quad-committee.

Nono-Lin is the owner of the now-defunct Pharmally Biological and Pharmaceutical Company. She says she is neither an official nor a shareholder of Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp.

She reiterated that Pharmally Biological was separate and different from Pharmally Pharmaceutical, despite the namesake.

Nono-Lin also issued a similar clarification before the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee in 2021 when it investigated the P8-billion contract bagged by Pharmally Pharmaceutical for the provision of  medical supplies to the previous Duterte government’s Covid-19 response efforts even as the firm had only P625,000 in paid-up capital.

"I have no involvement in the operations of Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp.  Pharmally  Biological is a different entity, and  has no shares or stocks with Pharmally Pharmaceutical," Nono-Lin pointed out.

"I am just an ordinary citizen and businesswoman making a living in a legal and fair means. All the accusations against me and my family were purely hearsay," added the businesswoman, who is eyeing the 5th district House seat.

Documents showed that Nono-Lin's husband, Lin Wei Xiong--a Chinese national--was the financial manager of Pharmally Pharmaceutical. He was a close associate of former presidential adviser Michael Yang, who provided the financing to the company.

Nono-Lin's lawyers pointed out though that these documents did not prove that Pharmally Biological and Pharmally Pharmaceutical were sister companies, or that Lin was an official or shareholder of the latter or has a contract with the government.

While it was acknowledged that  Lin’s husband and Yang were partners in some activities,  Nono-Lin's counsel argued that it did not prove anything.

“All these are speculations. She is not an officer [of Pharmally Pharmaceutical] nor involved in the operation or implementation of the contract,” Nono-Lin's counsel further said.