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Ivermectin clinical trials start set by end of May DOST exec By HANA BORDEY, GMA News
Published April 24, 2021 9:35am Researchers who will work on the clinical trials of ivermectin as a potential treatment drug for COVID-19 are eyeing to start the study by end of May, an official from the Department of Science and Technology said Saturday. “Ang target po natin e magsisismula ‘yan mga katapusaan ng Mayo at ito po ay magtatagal ng tingin po namin basta mabilis ang pag-recruit ng pasyente, lalabas ang resulta after six months,” Dr. Jaime Montoya, executive director of Philippine Council for Health Research Development in DOST, said in an interview on Dobol B TV.
By TED CORDERO, GMA News
Published April 9, 2021 3:59pm Business and civil society leaders have joined calls to allow the use of the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin to treat patients with COVID-19. In a joint appeal, the business and civil society leaders called on President Rodrigo Duterte, Senate President Vicente Sotto III, and House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco “to give serious, urgent and immediate attention to Ivermectin as an inexpensive drug to prevent and treat COVID-19 during this public health crisis. The business and civil society leaders requested that the President direct the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Department of Health (DOH), and the Department of Science and Technology to do the following:
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