(PIXABY) DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña said they were supporting the setting up of the first NMR laboratory “outside NCR (National Capital Region) and Region IV-A for research and competency development in support of the Department’s drug discovery and development program.” “The facility will be hosted at the University of San Agustin (USA) which is one of the institutions actively involved in the Tuklas Lunas Program being spearheaded by DOST through the Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (PCHRD),” he said during his weekly report on Friday, May 28. He noted that several Balik Scientists are in the university and they possess extensive research and development (R&D) experience in drug discovery and development using NMR.