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Duque denies receiving letter from Sinopharm regarding request for clinical trials By LLANESCA T. PANTI, GMA News
Published January 1, 2021 1:54pm Health Secretary Francisco Duque III on Friday denied that he did not act on a request of Chinese firm Sinopharm to conduct clinical trials for its COVID-19 vaccine in the Philippines. Interviewed on Super Radyo dzBB, Duque said he is not aware of any letter supposedly sent by Sinopharm in May 2020 requesting authorization to conduct clinical trials. “Wala akong alam [na sulat na nakarating sa akin]. Ang alam ko lang na nag-apply for Phase 3 clinical trials iyong Janssen, sa Johnson and Johnson ‘yun,” Duque said.