MANILA, Philippine — The COVID-19 vaccine of American pharmaceutical firm Moderna has been granted an emergency use authorization (EUA), the Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday.
FDA Director General Eric Domingo said the agency only took about 10 days to approve the EUA application of the drug firm.
This is the seventh vaccine to secure an EUA in the country, including Pfizer-BioNTech, AstraZeneca, Sinovac Biotech, Gamaleya Institute, Janssen, and Bharat Biotech.
The government and the private sector earlier signed a tripartite agreement with Moderna for 20 million vaccine doses.
Under the agreement, the government will secure 13 million doses while the private …
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