Donated vaccines should still be registered, according to FDA chief
The head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday said that vaccines should still go through the normal registration process even if these vaccines were donated.
This, as FDA Director General Eric Domingo made a statement amidst the controversy over an unregistered COVID-19 vaccine administered to some soldiers.
Referring to the COVID-19 vaccine administered to some members of the Presidential Security Group (PSG), Domingo emphasized in an interview on GMA Network’s Dobol B sa News TV that as far as they’re concerned, registration was needed whether a drug or a vaccine was purchased or donated.
The Presidential Security Group had admitted that some of its members had received the COVID-19 vaccine that they acquired for free.
PSG commander Brigadier General Jesus Durante III, however, refused to name the source of the said vaccine.
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Domingo also said that those who received the unregistered COVID-19 vaccine couldn’t be held liable but stopped short on saying that those who administered the COVID-19 vaccine on the PSG members should face sanctions.
“Depende po kasi sa circumstances, hindi ko talaga alam kung ano ang circumstances nito, kung sino nag inject,” Domingo said, but added that “technically,” dispensing unregistered drug was illegal.
Moreover, Domingo said that the agency’s Regulatory Enforcement Unit was already exerting efforts to unearth details surrounding the COVID-19 vaccine — including coordinating with the Bureau of Customs (BOC) to determine how these vaccines entered the country.
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