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Published April 29, 2021, 12:23 PM The Russian-made Sputnik V vaccine will mostly likely be distributed to areas equipped to handle to its storage requirements, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Thursday, April 29. This handout picture taken on August 6, 2020 and provided by the Russian Direct Investment Fund shows the vaccine against the coronavirus disease, developed by the Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology. (Photo by Handout / Russian Direct Investment Fund / AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) FDA Director General Eric Domingo said the vaccine against coronavirus d...

UAE plans to donate half a million Sinopharm doses to PH — Galvez enablePagination: false endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 29) — The United Arab Emirates expressed intention to donate half a million Sinopharm vaccine doses to the country, vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. said Thursday. “I believe ‘yung UAE, they have the intention of donating also ‘yung 500,000 na Sinopharm,” Galvez said in a Palace briefing, but gave no details. Earlier this month, the Food and Drug Administration said the state-owned Chinese firm has yet to submit an application for emergency use. ...

Published April 28, 2021, 2:45 PM Grants provided by foreign private organizations to sway the framing of Philippine policies and regulations are in violation of the Constitution and represent an assault on the country’s sovereignty, according to two lawmakers. This was the sentiment of Ilocos Sur 1st district Representative Deputy Speaker Deogracias Victor Savellano and Representative Jericho Nograles during a Congressional hearing on the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) receipt of foreign money to fund the crafting of regulations for non-combustible alternatives to cigarettes. “I ...

endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 27) — Two more unnamed hospitals have received compassionate special permits to use the antiparasitic drug ivermectin on COVID-19 patients, Food and Drug Administration chief Eric Domingo said on Tuesday. A total of five hospitals have received the permit allowing the limited repurposing of the drug used on animals. FDA previously said doctors who will prescribe the experimental drug will be held liable for possible side effects. President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered different government agencies to conduct clinical trials on the use of iverme...

(Sharon McCutcheon/UNSPLASH) SAGIP Party-list Representative Rodante Marcoleta and Anakalusugan Party-list Rep. Mike Defensor announced in a joint statement that they will be putting up their own community pantry, but to give out free doses of ivermectin. “After the inquiries conducted by two committees of the House of Representatives (Health and Good Government and Public Accountability) where both foreign and local experts were engaged on the potential use of Ivermectin, we have decisively come to a critical decision to distribute Ivermectin to those who are in dire need of this drug,” ...