With nearly 110 million people, the Philippines is the 13th most populated nation worldwide. An incredibly diverse place with 175 “ethnolinguistic nations,” this Southeast Asian country represents enormous promise as a developing economy, and with its strategic...
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Philippines Updates on Solidarity Participation While Some Investigations Commence
By June 14, 288 patients in the Philippines had enrolled in one of 20 research centers as part of the Solidarity trial, reports Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire. Of the 20 participating hospitals, 18 are in the National Capital Region, one in Davao and one...
Philippines Active in COVID-19 Clinical Trials & Invites Sinovac Biotech for Vaccine Trial
The Philippines government has arranged to investigate a diversified basket of investigational assets targeting COVID-19. Now government health executives are on the move, preparing for new COVID-19 vaccine & antiviral trials while 20 hospitals participate in...
Northern Luzon’s Baguo City Has its First Patient Participate in the WHO Solidarity Trial for COVID-19
A nurse from Baguio General Hospital and Medical Center in Baguo City in the Philippines came down with COVID-19 infection and now is city’s first participant in the World Health Organization’s “Solidarity Trial.” The spirit of participation and engagement exhibited...
WHO’s Solidarity Trial for COVID-19 Patients Approved in the Philippines: 20+ Hospitals Involved
The Philippines Department of Health reports they will commence participation in the large-scale COVID-19 clinical trial known as the Solidarity Trial. Sponsored by the World Health Organization (WHO), the study initially will include at least 500 COVID-19 patients in...
Sanofi Pasteur Executives In Philippines Courts Over Implications of Dengvaxia Vaccine Deaths
The Quezon City Regional Trial Court (RTC), Philippines has found sufficient basis to move to trial the damage suit filed against officer of Sanofi Pasteur Inc (makers of Dengvaxia) and distributor Zuellig Pharma Corporation. This results from the deaths of many...
Philippines Officials to Charge Sanofi Pasteur Officials over Dengue Vaccination Deaths
TrialSite News reported on the dengue vaccine deaths in the Philippines Islands. Recently the Philippine government announced it would file criminal charges against six Sanofi Pasteur executives over the deaths of the children injected with its Dengvaxia anti-dengue...
SiteWatch: Up to 48 Years in Prison for Philippines Investigator Involved with Dengue Vaccine Sponsored by Sanofi Pasteur
Fatima Arkin of Science writes that a prominent pediatrician and investigator in the Philippines was indicted over the failed and possibly improper testing of Dengvaxia in the Philippines. Dengvaxia was yanked from the market in 2017 due to safety issues. The...
Makati Medical Center Launches Clinical Research Program
As reported in the Manila Standard, Makati Medical Center, based in the Philippines, recently started accepting patients and individuals willing to undergo clinical trials as well as doctors and practitioners interested in joining studies. Makati General Hospital...
Novotech Partners with Asian Eye Institute
Novotech, a niche CRO focused in Asia Pacific region, announced a partnership with the Asian Eye Institute (AEI), a private eye center in the Philippines, “to facilitate high quality and rapid feasibility, start-up and recruitment process for its ophthalmology...