The FDA approved the emergency use of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in the Philippines The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved the emergency use of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in the Philippines. This, as the COVID-19 vaccine jointly developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University was the second one to be granted emergency use authorization in the country, next … Read more
Moderna COVID-19 vaccine conferred at least 3 months of immunity — study. A study showed Thursday that Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, which the company said was recently demonstrated to have 94% efficacy, caused the human immune system to produce potent antibodies that could endure for at least three months. Researchers at NIAID (National Institute for Allergies … Read more
Moderna had planned to start testing its COVID-19 vaccine in children. Moderna on Wednesday announced that the company had planned to start testing its coronavirus vaccine in children ages 12 to 17. In a report on ABS-CBN News, the said study — listed Wednesday on clinicaltrials.gov — was to include 3,000 children wherein half will … Read more
Galvez backed Duque’s proposal to issue EUA for COVID-19 vaccines In the Philippines. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. backed Health Secretary Francisco Duque’s proposal for the issuance of the emergency use authorization (EUA) of COVID-19 vaccines in the Philippines. This, as Galvez — the chief implementer of the government’s action plan to fight the coronavirus … Read more
Duque proposed EUA for COVID-19 vaccines in the Philippines. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III had proposed the emergency use of COVID-9 vaccines once arrived in the Philippines in order to speed up the processing of their regulatory approval. On Tuesday night, Duque asked President Duterte in a meeting on the government’s pandemic response to allow … Read more