MANILA, Philippines — Doctors and hospitals who want to use Ivermectin to treat symptoms of COVID-19 may apply for a Compassionate Special Permit (CSP) before the Food and Drug Administration, FDA Director General Eric Domingo said Monday.
“Tinanong po ni [Health] Secretary [Francisco] Duque last week, puwede ba ang CSP for Ivermectin? Sabi ko puwede kasi investigational drug naman talaga ito for COVID-19,” Domingo said in a televised briefing.
(Secretary Duque asked me last week if the CSP can be issued for Ivermectin. I told him it is allowed since ivermectin is an investigational drug for COVID-19.)
“So kung gusto po ng …
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