{"id":256060,"date":"2020-05-25T23:22:09","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T03:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=256060"},"modified":"2020-05-25T23:22:09","modified_gmt":"2020-05-26T03:22:09","slug":"24-ph-hospitals-participating-in-who-solidarity-trials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/05\/25\/24-ph-hospitals-participating-in-who-solidarity-trials\/","title":{"rendered":"24 PH hospitals participating in WHO Solidarity Trials"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This was bared in President Rodrigo Duterte’s ninth report to Congress on the national government’s Covid-19 response efforts. However, the participating hospitals were not listed in the report. (File photo: @adamsky1973\/Unsplash)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Twenty-four hospitals in the Philippines are participating in the World Health Organization (WHO) Solidarity Trials, an international clinical trial to test the effectiveness of a possible vaccine for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).<\/p>\n

This was bared in President Rodrigo Duterte’s ninth report to Congress on the national government’s Covid-19 response efforts. However, the participating hospitals were not listed in the report.<\/p>\n

Of the 24 hospitals, 16 are actively recruiting participant-patients. There are currently 157 participant-patients or enrollees in the clinical trials.<\/p>\n

The Philippines\u2019 participation in the WHO Solidarity Trial has been approved by the Single Joint Research Ethics Board on April 17 in support of the Covid-19 global response.<\/p>\n

For the Avigan Trials, two additional sites have been identified bringing the total to five identified sites as of May 20.<\/p>\n

Duterte expressed readiness to conduct clinical trials of Avigan, a Japanese anti-viral drug, for the potential treatment of Covid-19 on April 15.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque announced that Malaca\u00f1ang is looking forward to having the country join clinical trials for a vaccine against Covid-19 by the last quarter of 2020.<\/p>\n

He said Duterte expressed optimism over news that some clinical trials for the development of Covid-19 vaccine are showing early promising results.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe 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,\u201d Roque said in a statement.<\/p>\n

He made the remarks a day after the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) approved recommendations for the country to join clinical trials for prospective vaccines.<\/p>\n

The IATF-EID approved the Philippines\u2019 collaboration with organizations Adimmune Corporation, Academia Sinica, Chinese Academy of Science-Guangzhou Institute of Biomedicine and Health, and Sinopharma-Wuhan Institute of Biological Products and Beijing Institute.<\/p>\n

The four groups will be provided with the WHO’s requirements for Covid-19 vaccine target product profiles; pre-qualification process for WHO approvals; and the FDA\u2019s updated guidelines on clinical trials.<\/p>\n

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will facilitate the issuance of a permit for the conduct of the clinical trial in the country.<\/p>\n

Duterte, in his public address delivered on May 19, sought the immediate purchase of a vaccine for the treatment of Covid-19 once it is available.<\/p>\n

Once available, Malaca\u00f1ang said the government would provide free vaccines to the disadvantaged.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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