Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Director General Eric Domingo said Novavax has already signified its intention to apply for emergency use authorization. FDA "Novavax already wrote the other day signifying their intention to apply for emergency use authorization. In fact, they already sent some...
President Duterte wanted the speedy completion of the study on the efficacy of the antiparasitic drug ivermectin against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), saying many people have been waiting for it. President Duterte (Malacañang photo) In his pre-recorded weekly public address on Monday...
The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) has endorsed to the Office of the Ombudsman the filing of 412 counts of charges against the head of the Food and Drug Administration – Center for Drug Regulation and Research (FDA – CDRR) for sitting on hundreds of Automatic Renewal (AR) drug applications as...
President Duterte may now get his second dose of coronavirus vaccine made by Chinese vaccine manufacturer Sinopharm after it was granted by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) an emergency use authorization (EUA). President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his public address at the Kingdom of Jesus...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted an emergency use authorization to the Department of Health (DOH) to accept the donations of Sinopharm vaccine. FDA "Today, we already granted an emergency use authorization to DOH to accept the donations of Sinopharm," FDA Director General Eric...
Former senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Saturday, June 5, agreed with Manila Mayor Isko Moreno to lift the mandatory use of face shields because people are only using them as headbands. Former senator Antonio Trillanes IV (Photo from Trillanes’ Facebook page) “Sang-ayon ako kay Mayor @IskoMoreno...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Drug Regulation and Research (CDRR) has finally released 408 Automatic Renewal (AR) drug applications weeks after receiving a show-cause order from the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA). ARTA ARTA made the statement after it ordered FDA-CDRR director...
Vice President Leni Robredo’s spokesman on Thursday, May 27, belied the claim of Presidential spokesman Harry Roque who said that the vice president wants to make a vaccine infomercial with President Duterte, slamming the official’s political agenda. Vice President Leni Robredo’s spokesman...
Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday, May 23, maintained that she has never been against China’s CoronaVac, developed by Sinovac Biotech, contrary to claims by Presidential spokesman Harry Roque. VP Leni Robredo (Mark Balmores/Manila Bulletin) Last Friday, Roque said that the vice president...
The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) has called on the Department of Health (DOH) to put people in the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) who will initiate reforms in the agency. Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) Director-General Jeremiah Belgica (Photo from ARTA) ARTA Director-General Jeremiah Belgica...
The Philippines’ Food and Drug Administration (FDA) expressed optimism that the evaluations that would allow Sinopharm to be granted with Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) will be finished as soon as possible. FDA Director General Eric Domingo (FILE PHOTO / Manila Bulletin) Director-General...
The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) has issued a show-cause order to a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) office for sitting on over 600 drug applications filed since 2014 despite completeness of submission of various pharmaceutical companies. ARTA Investigation Enforcement and Litigation...