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By CONSUELO MARQUEZ, GMA News Published May 12, 2021 10:40pm The Philippines on Wednesday night received 15,000 second doses of Sputnik V vaccines against COVID-19 from Russia. According to a tweet by GMA News' Corinne Catibayan, the vaccines arrived past 9 p.m. at the NAIA Terminal 3 in Pasay. Food and Drug Administration Director General Eric Domingo told GMA News Online that the 15,000 doses delivered on Wednesday were Component 2 or the Sputnik V's second dose. "Component 1 is the first dose, component 2 is the 2nd dose. So we have  for 15,000 people," Domingo said in a text mess...

" Usually pag meron nang stringent regulatory authority or WHO EUL na listing it takes us a little faster, maybe two weeks to go through it," he added. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said on May 8 that he has ordered his agency to file an EUA for Sinopharm, so the country does not have to return a batch of the brand donated by China. The order came after backlash over President Rodrigo Duterte getting a shot from that donated batch of Sinopharm doses. Meanwhile, Domingo echoed the Health Department 's previous statement that there are no irregularities with the government filing for the...

endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, May 11) — The Food and Drug Administration reiterated that it has not yet officially approved remdesivir and ivermectin for COVID-19 treatment, but both drugs can be used for limited permits in several hospitals. Speaking to CNN Philippines' The Source, FDA Director General Eric Domingo said the antiviral drug remdesivir is also classified as an investigational product, which can be used by hospitals that were granted compassionate special permits. "The FDA gives compassionate permits for drugs like remdesivir," Domingo explained. "Ivermectin has a...

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Director General Eric Domingo FDA Director-General Rolando Enrique Domingo believes that there is “no conflict of interest” on the move of the DOH. “Hindi naman… kasi nasa batas iyon and it’s a worldwide practice. Yung ating Executive Order 121 natin is based on WHO (World Health Organization) guidelines kasi talagang posible din naman na ang gobyerno ay gustong bumili ng bakuna pero walang local manufacturer or representative dito (It’s not… because it’s in the law and it’s a worldwide practice. The Executive Order 121 is based on WHO (Wor...

Is the Philippines Now Gearing Up to Mass Produce Ivermectin for COVID-19? Their Country's FDA Awards Ivermectin Manufacturing Contract to Local Producer Posted on Apparently, in the Philippines, the use of ivermectin for human consumption (more than likely associated with SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind COVID-19) is progressing despite the overt tensions between those elements in society for its use against COVID-19 now versus those that suggest ever more clinical trials data is necessary. This movement is evidenced recently by the movement within the Philippines Food and Drug Administration (...