By Prince Golez
President Rodrigo Duterte expressed optimism about the country’s participation in the clinical trials for the development of coronavirus vaccines, Malacañang said.
“We expect involvement in the vaccine clinical trials by the last quarter of 2020 with the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) taking a lead role,” according to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque.
Under Resolution No. 39 released on Saturday, the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases approved the recommendation of the DOST to let the Philippines participate in the global clinical trials.
Roque said the DOST has been tasked to provide collaborating organizations like the Department of Health, World Health Organization, and the Food and Drug Administration Philippines with guidelines on vaccine clinical trials.
The agency, he added, should identify the sites, the local institutions, and the Filipino researchers who will be involved in the trials; assist local participating institutions in their proposals and budgets; obtain Ethics Board approvals; and formalize the agreements.
“The President wants to save the life of each and every Filipino; and thus places great interest to these clinical trials,” the spokesman concluded.
Source: Latest Politics News Today (Politics.com.ph)
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