Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
“Ang FDA will cooperate fully with the authorities sa pag-investigate nito para makita po natin kung meron nga pong problema (The FDA will cooperate fully with the authorities in investigating this, so we can determine if there are problems),” said FDA Director-General Rolando Enrique Domingo in a radio interview on Wednesday, May 12.
Domingo said that his agency’s legal service office is currently looking at the matter.
“Yung aming legal service ngayon ay tumutulong na rin na hanapin itong mga applications na ito para malaman kung may pagkukulang man o may problema talaga at hindi naaaksyunan (Our legal service is now also helping in finding these applications to know if there are any shortcomings or problems, or inactions),” he said.
Customs seizes 20,000 undeclared ivermectin tablets, other drugs
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, May 5) - The Bureau of Customs - Ninoy Aquino International Airport (BOC-NAIA) on Tuesday intercepted 20,000 undeclared ivermectin tablets and other regulated drugs concealed in a shipment from New Delhi, India.
Ivermectin is claimed by some as a possible cure against COVID-19. But health experts said there is not enough proof the antiparasitic drug can treat or prevent coronavirus infection.
For now, the Food and Drug Administration only issues a compassionate special permit to use ivermectin. In case ivermectin has been granted authorization, a valid license to operate as drug importer and emergency use authorization or certificate of product registration shall be presented, FDA Center for Drug Regulation and Research Director Jesusa Cirunay said in her response to the BOC s query.