ARTA ARTA made the statement following President Duterte’s directive to set up a green lane for faster permit processing of local COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers to reduce dependency on imported jabs. In a statement, ARTA Deputy Director-General Ernesto Perez said one of the aims of the JMC that they are crafting is to standardize the documentary requirements, steps, and processing time for the applying companies during the pandemic. “We will implement those processes and permits under an emergency, without of course sacrificing the safety features of the COVID-19 vaccine we are envisioning to be manufactured in our own country,” he said.