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15,000 participants sought for WHO Solidarity trial for vaccines

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 20 05:44 PM

The government is seeking around 15,000 participants for the WHO Solidarity trial for COVID-19 vaccines, an official said Monday. Read more »

Some 20,000 participants sought for WHO Solidarity trial for vaccines

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 17 05:28 PM

The trial is looking for participants in barangays with an average daily attack rate (ADAR) of more than 1 percent with a population of about 5,000. Read more »

Philippines, WHO reach agreement on COVID-19 vaccines solidarity trial

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 13 01:30 PM

The Philippines and the World Health Organization have reached an agreement on the local conduct of the international organization's "solidarity trial" for COVID-19 vaccines, the Department of Science and Technology said on Tuesday.    Read more »

Philippines in 'last mile' of preps for COVID-19 vaccines solidarity trial

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 20 01:12 PM

The Philippines has reached the "last mile" of preparations for joining the solidarity trials of COVID-19 vaccines led by the World Health Organization, the Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (PCHRD) said on Thursday.    Read more »

COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial of Sinovac stalled due to overlapping sites with WHO trial

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 25 08:44 PM

None of the three COVID-19 vaccine developers that were given approval to run clinical trials in the Philippines have started, the Department of Health said Monday. Read more »

Wanted: Volunteers for COVID-19 vaccine trials in Metro Manila

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 08 05:50 PM

The World Health Organization needs more volunteers to test the vaccine against coronavirus disease, a government official said Friday, amid polls that only a quarter of Metro Manila residents were willing to be inoculated. Read more »

Cancer drug no longer considered for WHO trial against COVID-19 in PH

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 14 04:51 PM

The Department of Health on Monday revealed that while the World Health Organization (WHO) already sent the Philippines a shipment of a cancer drug to treat COVID-19 patients, the international body had decided to no longer use it.   Read more »

WHO solidarity trial ng COVID-19 vaccine sa Pinas pinaplantsa na

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 11 07:46 PM

Nakatakdang magpulong ang DOH at WHO para maplantsa na ang mga solidarity trial ng COVID-19 vaccine sa Enero ng susunod na taon. Read more »

DOH to meet with WHO Saturday to discuss implementation of vaccine trials

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 11 05:28 PM

MANILA — The Department of Health and representatives of the World Health Organization (WHO) will be meeting on Saturday to discuss the roll-out of the latter’s multi-country vaccine trials.  Read more »

Participants in WHO clinical vaccine trial may reach 15,000: official

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 07 12:06 PM

The number of participants needed for the World Health organization's multi-country clinical trial for COVID-19 vaccines may reach up to 15,000, an official said Monday. Read more »

COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials ng WHO sa Pinas posible sa Enero

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 04 09:57 PM

Posibleng umarangkada na sa Enero ang solidarity trial ng WHO sa Pilipinas para sa bakuna sa COVID-19. Read more »

WHO eyes 2 vaccine brands for clinical trial in PH: technical panel

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 04 04:14 PM

The World Health Organization’s multi-country clinical trial for COVID-19 vaccines will likely start early next year, according to the Philippines’ vaccine expert panel.    Read more »

Clinical trials of 2 Chinese COVID-19 vaccines may start yearend or early 2021— DOST

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 27 02:47 PM

MANILA — The Department of Science and Technology estimates that the Philippines might start its COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials with two vaccine developers by the end of 2020 or the start of next year. Read more »

Final COVID-19 vaccine protocol needed before specific identification of recipients - DOH

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 23 09:26 PM

MANILA — The Department of Health on Monday explained that it is unable to come up with a list of COVID-19 vaccine recipients because of a lack of the final list of vaccines for procurement.  Read more »

Pfizer, ibinida na mahigit 90% effective ang kanilang COVID-19 vaccine

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 10 08:43 PM

Ayon sa Pfizer mahigit 90% na effective ang bakuna nila kontra sa COVID-19. Read more »

FDA to decide on first COVID-19 vaccine trial application in 1-2 weeks

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 30 05:44 PM

MANILA — The Food and Drug Administration might release its decision on the application of COVID-19 vaccine developer Sinovac Biotech Ltd. in a few weeks. Read more »

PH working to reach 4,000 participants for WHO’s COVID-19 vaccine trials

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 28 03:43 PM

MANILA — The Department of Health on Monday said it has decided to expand the number of participants they will recruit for the World Health Organization’s (WHO) COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials.   Read more »

WHO clinical trial stops use of interferon; cancer drug to be tested vs COVID arrives in PH

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 26 09:55 PM

MANILA — While the World Health Organization has decided to exclude the drug interferon from its multi-country clinical trial, a cancer drug recently added to the study has already arrived in the Philippines.  Read more »

WHO’s COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials in PH to start in December

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 26 09:47 PM

MANILA — The start date for the World Health Organization’s clinical trials for COVID-19 vaccines was moved further to December 2020, the Department of Health said Monday. Read more »

PH gov’t open to having more Filipinos volunteer for WHO’s COVID-19 vaccine trials

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 16 06:15 PM

MANILA — The Philippine government said it would be amenable to raising its target number of participants for the local run of the World Health Organization’s COVID-19 vaccine trial.  Read more »