Not yet anyway. By Paul John Caña | Esquire Philippines, 17 June 2021 IMAGE SHUTTERSTOCK Only four vaccines against the coronavirus have been approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) so far. The EMA is the agency responsible for the evaluation and supervision of medicinal products in the bloc. The four vaccines are: 1|…
By: Cathrine Gonzales – Reporter / INQUIRER.net / February 12, 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Half of the 10,000 Covid-19 vaccines from China’s state-owned pharmaceutical company Sinopharm will be allocated to the wives of members of the Presidential Security Group (PSG), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Friday. FDA director-general Eric Domingo confirmed this in…
By: DJ Yap – Reporter/Philippine Daily Inquirer / January 18, 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Sharp differences in the prices of the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine in the Philippines and neighboring countries smack of corruption, Sen. Panfilo Lacson said on Sunday. CoronaVac, the vaccine developed by the Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinovac Biotech, costs as little as $5…
Gaea Katreena Cabico (Philstar.com) – January 18, 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Emergency Use Authorization granted by the country’s Food and Drug Administration to Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine stays as authorities wait for a report from the American drugmaker on the deaths of elderly people in Norway. Pfizer is the only pharmaceutical firm that has so far…