Anti-Red Tap Authority Director General Jeremiah Belgica (Photo: ARTA/Facebook)
ARTA Director-General Jeremiah Belgica made the statement following President Duterte’s directive to set up a green lane for faster permit processing of local COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers to reduce dependency on imported jabs.
In a meeting with the FDA and various pharmaceutical companies on Friday morning, Belgica said that the creation of a green lane was not a suggestion but a Presidential directive that needed to be carried out immediately.
“The President will not settle for anything less…We are in an emergency, every minute counts, so we must act like it is an emergency,” he said.