MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday said it is not procuring the anti-viral drug remdesivir since it is not yet registered locally.
Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the drug does not yet have a certificate of product registration (CPR), only compassionate use permits in hospitals.
“We do not have any procurement of remdesivir precisely because it has no CPR,” she said in an online media forum.
Vergeire said the DOH only gave funds to hospitals during the surge of COVID-19 cases to procure drugs that could serve as treatment for COVID-19 patients.
The DOH earlier vowed to provide P5 million funding to each DOH hospital in Metro…
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