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The National Development Company (NDC), the government investment arm attached to the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), said it is currently exploring collaborations for potential investments in the establishment of a fill and finish facilities, and eventually bulk vaccine production plants.
Manuel V. Pangilinan-led infrastructure conglomerate Metro Pacific Investments Corp.(MPIC) is interested to venture in the manufacturing of COVID-19 vaccines locally.
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THE PHILIPPINES is studying a plan to set up a vaccine development center and may assign production to the private sector under a private-public partnership (PPP) deal, according to the Department of Science and Technology (DoST).
Officials of the agency had met with their counterparts in the Health and Trade departments to fine-tune the proposal that will be submitted to President Rodrigo R. Duterte this week, DoST Secretary Fortunato T. de la Peña told an online news briefing on Monday.
“We studied a number of vaccine development and manufacturing in Asia and we want to study the models adopted by Thailand and India further,” he said in mixed English and Filipino.
A clinical trial for a South Korea-manufactured vaccine against COVID-19 will be conducted in the Philippines this month, the chief executive of a local firm said Monday.