FDA The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said that the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test kits that were procured last year were not nearly expired. FDA Director-General Rolando Enrique Domingo said that the COVID-19 RT-PCR test kits have a six months shelf life. "Nung panahon na iyon, lahat po...
In this file photo a healthcare worker fills a syringe with Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a community vaccination event in Los Angeles, California, August 11, 2021. (Robyn Beck / AFP) The country's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has welcomed the latest development in the coronavirus disease...
FDA The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned the public against the use of nasal spray products that claim to prevent and treat coronavirus disease (COVID-19). In its advisory no. 2021-2289, the FDA said that nasal spray products should not be used as treatment against COVID-19. "They...
A nurse prepares a syringe of the Pfizer-BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine at a vaccination centre, in Garlan, western France, on May 31, 2021. Fred TANNEAU / AFP The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) welcomed the initiative of some local government units (LGUs) of conducting pre-registration of...
FDA The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said that only 242 fully vaccinated individuals against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the country experienced “breakthrough infections” out of millions of Filipinos who completed the regimen. FDA Director-General Rolando Enrique Domingo said that...
This file photo taken on November 18, 2020 shows a syringe and a bottle reading “Vaccine Covid-19” next to the Moderna biotech company logo. (Photo by JOEL SAGET / AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said that it is currently studying if it will approve or not the...
(NOEL CELIS / AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said it is not recommending “at this time” to use the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine made by China’s Sinovac Biotech for Filipino children aged three to 17. “At this time, hindi pa po natin iyan...
A staff member checks the packaging quality of COVID-19 inactivated vaccine products at a packaging plant of the Beijing Biological Products Institute Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Chinese pharmaceutical firm Sinopharm, in Beijing Dec. 25, 2020. (Xinhua/Zhang Yuwei / MANILA BULLETIN) The Food and Drug...
This file photo taken on November 17, 2020 shows vials with COVID-19 vaccine stickers attached, with the logo of US pharmaceutical company Pfizer. (AFP FILE/ MANILA BULLETIN) The Philippine Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is waiting for Pfizer and its vaccine partner BioNTech to apply for a full...
(ALI VICOY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has urged the public anew to get vaccinated against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) amid the threat of the highly transmissible variants. FDA Director General Eric Domingo made the call during President Duterte’s...
The Department of Science and Technology’s (DOST) Vaccine Expert Panel (VEP) has recommended the approval of the Sinovac’s clinical trial on the use of its coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine for children. (NOEL CELIS / AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) VEP head Dr. Nina Gloriani said the panel nodded...
Workers belonging to the A4 priority group are inoculated with Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccines inside a cinema-turned vaccination hub in a mall on Tuesday, June 8, 2021 (ALI VICOY/MANILA BULLETIN) Less than one percent of Filipinos who were fully vaccinated against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) had...
