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By JULIA MARI ORNEDO, GMA News Published April 27, 2021 10:12am Two more hospitals have been granted compassionate special permit (CSP) for the use of the antiparasitic drug ivermectin on COVID-19 patients, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Tuesday. There are now five hospitals that have been issued a CSP for ivermectin, FDA chief Eric Domingo confirmed to GMA News Online. Domingo previously made clear that a CSP is not a marketing authorization, meaning ivermectin cannot be sold commercially yet.  A CSP is also not an FDA endorsement of a drug’s quality and efficacy. �...

Published April 26, 2021, 3:57 PM The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said US-based drugmaker Moderna has applied for an emergency use authorization (EUA) of its vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Philippines. This file photo taken on November 18, 2020 shows a syringe and a bottle reading “Vaccine COVID-19” next to the Moderna biotech company logo. (Photo by JOEL SAGET / AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) FDA Director General Eric Domingo said the US-based drugmaker filed its emergency use authorization (EUA) application before the regulatory body on Monday, April 26. Based...

DOST DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña and Undersecretary Rowena Cristina Guevara, chair of the Task Group on Vaccine Evaluation and Selection (TG-VES), cited Moderna’s filing of its EUA application before the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday, April 26. “The more brands granted EUA by our FDA means we have more choices and bigger chances for vaccine availability,” de la Peña told the Manila Bulletin in a Viber message. FDA Director General Eric Domingo announced that Moderna has filed its EUA application before the regulatory body on Monday, April 26. “W...

Moderna filed for Philippine EUA, says Galvez By JON VIKTOR D. CABUENAS, GMA News Published April 26, 2021 3:30pm Moderna Inc. has filed its application for an emergency use authorization (EUA) for its COVID-19 vaccine in the Philippines, vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. announced on Monday. During the Sulong Pilipinas Forum,  Galvez said the application was made on Monday through Zuellig Pharma Corp. "This afternoon Moderna, through Zuellig, has submitted its application," he announced virtually. No further details were given. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) earlier this mo...

endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 26) — American vaccine maker Moderna has filed for an emergency use authorization for its COVID-19 doses to be used in the Philippines. Food and Drug Administration Director General Eric Domingo said the application was submitted on Monday. An initial shipment of nearly 200,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine is scheduled to arrive in the country on June 15. The Philippines earlier signed a tripartite agreement with the American drug manufacturer to receive 20 million doses. Under the deal, 13 million will be allocated to the government, while se...