Belmonte criticizes FDA for 'washing hands' on Ivermectin issue
Published May 10, 2021, 12:45 PM Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte on Monday criticized the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for “washing its hands” on its role to call out politicians who have been giving away non-FDA-approved, anti-parasitic drug Ivermectin to people as a cure against COVID-19. Belmonte also said that instead of taking a “final stance” against its use, the FDA allowed its compassionate use and even gave approval for its human use as “anti-nematode” or anti-parasitic roundworms supposedly “to appease the politicians lobbying for it.” “Rather than just take a...
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