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By JULIA MARI ORNEDO, GMA News Published April 15, 2021 1:03pm Food and Drug Administration (FDA) chief Eric Domingo on Thursday said he has recommended that the Philippines continue to use AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine after experts reviewed it amid blood clot concerns. “Sumulat ako kanina kay [Health] Secretary [Francisco] Duque para sabihin sa kanya, reiterate the benefit outweighs risk and we should continue using the vaccine,” he said in a Palace briefing. (I wrote to Health Secretary Francisco Duque to tell him, to reiterate that the benefit outweighs risk and we should co...

Kapag dumating dito iyan magiging strict din naman ang ating monitoring but until maumpisahan natin yan, we'll keep getting information from the other countries who are using it." [Translation: So far in other countries they have not reported signals or red flags. Once they arrive in the country we will be strict in monitoring, but until we start its use, we'll keep getting information from the other countries who are using it.] The country has already received some three million doses of COVID-19 vaccines from by China and the World Health Organization-led COVAX facility. It has also secur...

endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 14) — The Food and Drug Administration said it does not recommend the use of ivermectin for COVID-19 patients due to lack of evidence on its efficacy against the virus. However, FDA Director General Eric Domingo said hospitals may still apply for a compassionate special permit of the anti-parasitic drug if they think it could help their patients. “ naman po iyong option sa mga hospitals na kung sakaling palagay nila ay wala silang ibang gamot na maibibigay na at naniniwala silang makakatulong ito sa pasyente nila, then they can get a compa...

(Pixabay / FILE PHOTO) Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said this when asked if it is illegal for doctors to prescribe Ivermectin. “We have laws in the Philippines stating that only drugs registered with the FDA can be prescribed by licensed doctors,” she said in a virtual forum Wednesday, April 14. “So, if a drug is unregistered and  prescribed by a doctor, we can consider that as an illegal activity,” added Vergeire. In a Laging Handa public briefing, FDA Director General Eric Domingo explained that the compassionate special permit (CSP) it issued to a hospital is not c...

President Duterte wants to know if the controversial anti-parasitic drug Ivermectin can really cure coronavirus infections as the country grapples with surging COVID-19 cases for the past weeks.