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Sinopharm calls off COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials in PH, Sinovac awaits ethics review

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 16 05:23 PM

MANILA — A Chinese vaccine developer backed out of initial plans to hold clinical trials in the Philippines, according to the Department of Science and Technology on Friday. Read more »

World Health Organization eyes cancer drug in treating COVID-19

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 16 02:02 PM

Health experts are set to test a cancer drug as a possible cure for coronavirus disease, after earlier clinical trials on HIV and malaria drugs showed little effects in treating the respiratory illness. Read more »

WHO urges Philippines to pledge more volunteers for COVID-19 vaccine trial

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 12 12:00 PM

MANILA — The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday said it wants the Philippines to increase its number of volunteer participants for a multi-country COVID-19 vaccine trial. Read more »

Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine for COVID on 2nd round of evaluation by PH experts — DOST

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 08 07:42 PM

MANILA - Negotiations with Russia for its possible COVID-19 vaccine has reached a second round of evaluation by local experts, the Philippines' Department of Science said Thursday. Read more »

PH ready to start COVID-19 vaccine trials soon as WHO gives green light — DOH

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 07 03:25 PM

MANILA — The Department of Health on Wednesday assured the public that the country can immediately start COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials as soon as the World Health Organization initiates the so-called Solidarity Trial.   Read more »

DOH defends P89-million state funding for COVID-19 vaccine trials

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 02 03:25 PM

MANILA - The Department of Health said Friday the P89-million government funding for the conduct of clinical trials for possible COVID-19 vaccines would be used to shoulder operational costs.   Read more »

Russian scientist behind COVID-19 vaccine defends 'wartime' roll-out

Polina Nikolskaya and Polina Ivanova, Reuters
Posted at Sep 29 02:58 PM

Russia plans to share preliminary results of its COVID-19 vaccine trial based on the first six weeks of monitoring participants, raising the tempo in an already frenzied global race to end the pandemic.  Read more »

Philippines waiting for more info on Russia vaccine before trial can start

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 29 11:28 AM

The Department of Health said Tuesday it was waiting for Russia to give more information on its coronavirus vaccine candidate, before its clinical trials in the Philippines could start.    Read more »

DOH verifying breast milk benefit vs coronavirus

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 29 11:11 AM

The health department said on Tuesday it would review a new study by Chinese scientists that mother’s milk could prevent or treat COVID-19.    Read more »

‘Best case scenario’: COVID-19 vaccine approval in PH may come by April 2021, says FDA

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 25 01:54 PM

MANILA — The Philippines' Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday said approval of a COVID-19 vaccine in the country may come in April next year— the best case scenario. Read more »

DOH says use of malaria medicine to cure COVID-19 'not recommended'

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 18 04:28 PM

MANILA — The Department of Health on Friday cautioned against suggestions to use malaria medication hydroxychloroquine to treat or prevent COVID-19. Read more »

WHO solidarity trial ng posibleng COVID-19 vaccine magsisimula sa Oktubre

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 17 08:32 PM

Nakatakda nang magsimula sa Oktubre ang clinical trials ng WHO sa Pilipinas para sa mga posibleng bakuna laban sa COVID-19.   Read more »

Solidarity Trial for vaccines in PH starting late October, to last 18 months

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 16 05:01 PM

The World Health Organization’s clinical trials for possible COVID-19 vaccines is set to start in the Philippines in October and will last for 18 months, according to the Department of Health.   Read more »

PH to receive 1,000 more vials of remdesivir for ongoing COVID-19 treatment trial

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 16 12:55 PM

Another 1,000 vials of the antiviral drug remdesivir is set to be received by the Philippines for the ongoing Solidarity Trial of the World Health Organization (WHO), a health official of the country said Wednesday. Read more »

ALAMIN: Mga aasahan sa WHO solidarity vaccine trials sa Pilipinas

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 11 08:05 PM

Posibleng magsimula na sa huling linggo ng Oktubre ang solidarity trial para sa bakuna kontra COVID-19 ng WHO.  Read more »

Avigan trials in PH still haven’t started — DOH

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 23 10:41 PM

The clinical trials for the anti-flu drug Avigan as possible treatment for COVID-19 have yet to start in the Philippines for various reasons, a health official said Monday or a week since the experiment is supposed to have begun. Read more »

Avigan clinical trials in PH start on Monday

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 17 01:32 PM

Clinical trials for Japanese drug Avigan, which showed promising results for COVID-19 patients, are supposed to start in the Philippines on Monday, the Department of Health said. Read more »

PH nakapagtala ng higit 2,000 bagong kaso ng COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 06 07:43 PM

Sa patuloy na pag-aaral ng mga eksperto sa COVID-19, sunod-sunod na ang mga bagong nalalaman tungkol dito.  Read more »

Almost 600 patients in PH participate in clinical trials for COVID-19 treatment

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 06 11:54 PM

There are now almost 600 patients in the Philippines enrolled in the World Health Organization’s clinical trials for possible COVID-19 treatments, according to the Department of Health. Read more »

450 patients in PH participating in WHO clinical trials for COVID-19 treatment

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 02 06:11 PM

There are now a total of 450 patients in the Philippines who are receiving off-label drugs to treat COVID-19, the Department of Health said on Thursday.   Read more »