Published May 10, 2021, 3:46 PM
The Anti-Red Tape Authority is currently looking into a report that some pharmaceutical companies willing to set up vaccine manufacturing facilities have experienced extortion.
ARTA Director General Jeremiah Belgica was informed about this last Friday during his guesting at “The Virtual Presser” with foreign media hosted by the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Global Media Affairs.
ARTA Director-General Jeremiah Belgica (FACEBOOK/MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO)
One of the reporters present at the press briefing relayed that his previous interview with an economic group revealed that about three pharmaceutical firms backed out from putting up vaccine plants in the country after they were asked to pay illegal fees.