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endIndex: Metro Mania (CNN Philippines, April 30) — For staunch ivermectin advocate and Anakalusugan Party-list Rep. Mike Defensor, prescriptions that were written on a blank paper during the recent distribution of the antiparasitic drug to residents in Quezon City counts as a "non-issue." "It’s a non-issue," Defensor told CNN Philippines' The Source on Friday. "It’s a non-issue because you only have four doctors, you have four tables. Alam mo naman yung signature nila (you could easily identify their signatures)." Defensor, Sagip Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta, and some physician...

By HANA BORDEY, GMA News Published April 30, 2021 10:05am The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) must investigate reports of “token” prescription during the distribution of ivermectin in Quezon City, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said Friday. Duque was reacting to reports that doctors who joined Representatives Rodante Marcoleta and Mike Defensor’s distribution of ivermectin wrote their prescriptions on a piece of paper and not on a prescription pad. “Kung totoo man yon na nakalagay sa isang tissue or bond paper lang, so part of what the FDA needs to do is investigate su...

April 30, 2021 Who should be held responsible in case people who receive the anti-parasite drug ivermectin distributed for free in Quezon City have an adverse effect? For Dr. Maricar Limpin, vice president of the Philippine College of Physicians, doctors, legislators and even the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should be held accountable in case people get sick because of Ivermectin especially if it is given without a proper prescription. “Sino ang hahabulin ng tao kung magkakaroon ng problema? I think kung pumapayag ang FDA, then they should also be held accountable kasi pinayagan nila....

endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 30) — A former adviser to the government's pandemic task force raised concern over moves that appear to "exploit" allegedly Filipinos' lack of education on ivermectin use, in the absence of studies that prove its safety and efficacy against COVID-19. Speaking to CNN Philippines' The Source on Friday, Dr. Tony Leachon, a health reform advocate and former adviser to the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF), shared his sentiments on the distribution of the antiparasitic drug to some residents this wee...

BusinessWorld April 30, 2021 | 7:58 pm Anti-parasitic not a substitute for vaccines says ivermectin advocate Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Jose Ma. “Joey” Concepcion III said that the private sector would prioritize donating 500,000 AstraZeneca doses to the government if deliveries from the COVAX global facility to the Philippine government are delayed. The Philippines has already received more than 500,000 AstraZeneca doses from the facility, which were used to inoculate medical frontliners. The second dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine should be given four...