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DOH seeks PRC probe on 'invalid' ivermectin prescriptions in QC event enablePagination: false endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 30)— The Health Department on Friday said it will ask the Professional Regulation Commission to probe the reported release of "invalid" prescriptions for ivermectin during a recent distribution event in Quezon City. In a statement, the DOH said it will endorse reports to the PRC to investigate their veracity and to "impose sanctions as deemed necessary" against concerned parties. The Food and Drug Administration said it will also review issues surrou...

SunStar + April 30, 2021 THE Department of Health (DOH) said it will endorse to the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) the reports on the issuance of invalid prescriptions to use the antiparasitic drug ivermectin as treatment for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). "The DOH will officially endorse the reports to the PRC to investigate the veracity of the reports and impose sanctions as deemed necessary, based on existing laws," the DOH said in a statement Friday evening, April 30, 2021. The DOH issued the statement in the wake of reports that invalid doctors’ prescriptio...

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...

DOST eyes ivermectin trial in NCR quarantine facilities by May enablePagination: false endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 29) — The national government is finalizing details of the clinical trial on the antiparasitic drug ivermectin since there is still no evidence it is effective against COVID-19. Dr. Jaime Montoya, chief of the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (DOST-PCHRD), said they are targeting to start the trial by end of May or first week of June. Over 1,200 mild to moderate COVID-19 patients undergoing isolation...

News By HANA BORDEY, GMA News Published April 29, 2021 11:26am The Department of Justice has yet to determine whether the exemptions set by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on the use of ivermectin as COVID-19 treatment has sound legal basis, following the plan of two congressmen to distribute the anti-parasitic drug. “I wouldn’t really blame Representatives Defensor and Marcoleta if they will proceed (with the distribution) but as I said this is subject for a further determination if there is a legal basis for the exemption,” Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said in an ...