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“The DOH and the FDA would like to clarify that Lianhua Qingwen is a prescription medicine approved by FDA in the Philippines but is not registered as a COVID-19 medication,” the agencies said in a statement.
“Any food or medicinal products not registered in the Philippines should not be sold and are subject to seizure or confiscation hence the FDA issued Advisory No. 2020-767 before the registration of Lianhua Qingwen,” they added.
The DOH and the FDA said it was only on Aug. 7, 2020 that Lianhua Qingwen was able to acquire FDA registration.
But they noted that the registration was for the purposes of being used as a traditional herbal product that helps remove “heat-toxin invasion of the lungs, including symptoms such as fever, aversion to cold, muscle soreness, stuffy and runny nose.”
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