PH vaccine panel to meet with Russian COVID-19 vaccine manufacturer Wednesday

The Philippines' vaccine panel will meet with Russia's COVID19 vaccine manufacturer this Wednesday to discuss the newly approved vaccine. READ:

MANILA — The Philippines' vaccine panel will meet Wednesday with Russia's vaccine manufacturer to discuss the latter's newly approved COVID-19 vaccine, according to Manila's health ministry.

While Russia claims that it is the first to have a COVID-19 vaccine, many have questioned the process it went through, especially since the vaccine received regulatory approval without finishing its Phase III trials. “Ang pag-uusapan ngayon with the Department of Science and Technology how we can have the clinical trial here in the Philippines,” Vergeire said.Vergeire assured the public that the clinical trial application will undergo the necessary regulatory process, including approval of an ethics board and the Philippines’ Food and Drug Administration.

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