President Duterte shared a light moment with members of the government's pandemic task force on Monday evening, when he caught Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officer-in-charge (OIC) Director-General Oscar Gutierrez by surprise and asked him if he really did love him. President Rodrigo Duterte...
The Department of Health (DOH) assured on Tuesday, Jan. 4 that there is no ongoing shortage of paracetamol and other drugs for flu-like symptoms. A sign has been posted at a drugstore along Taft Avenue in Manila notifying people of out-of-stock medicines due to a shortage in supply amid another...
Vaccination of children aged five to 11 against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has not yet started, the Department of Health (DOH) clarified on Monday, Dec. 27. A minor getting vaccinated at Lakeshore Hall in Taguig on Nov. 2. (Ali Vicoy) Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said in a...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Monday, Dec. 13, coronavirus disease (COVID-19) booster shots depend on the vaccine brand administered in the primary series. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) This in reply to the question during a Laging Handa press briefing on the possibility of shortening...
As long as there is data available showing that a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine can extend its original shelf life, it can be allowed, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Monday, Dec. 13. (UNSPLASH / MANILA BULLETIN) "Ang naibibigay lang namin talaga na expiration date o shelf...
Pfizer-BioNTech and Sinovac vaccines are expected to be administered to children ages four to 11 as part of the pediatric vaccination program before the end of 2021, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Tuesday, Nov. 23. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) "I would think before the end of the...
Given the calls to further protect the healthcare workers and senior citizens from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) by giving them booster shots, the Food and Drug Administration reiterated that the vaccination of those who still have not received a single dose stands as the top priority....
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...
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 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...
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 Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the use of Ivermectin for humans as an "anti-nematode." Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Local pharmaceutical company Lloyd Laboratories Inc. applied for a certificate of product registration (CSP) for Ivermectin, said FDA Director-General...
