Gov't adviser calls on drug makers to register to allow sale in pharmacies

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People queue to receive COVID-19 vaccine at a drugstore along Bayan-Bayan Ave. in Marikina City during the pilot implementation of the government’s “Resbakuna sa mga Botika” program on Jan. 20, 2022.

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MANILA, Philippines — A presidential adviser urged Monday for coronavirus vaccine manufacturers to apply for a certificate of product registration, saying the presence of vaccines in drug stores would allow the government to lift the state of public health emergency that has been up since 2020.

 

Over the Laging Handa briefing, presidential adviser for entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion said that a CPR for a vaccine brand means the public can purchase jabs at pharmacies, thus easing the financial burden on the national government which is still subsidizing vaccine costs.

 

"What we want to do is that eventually if the public will buy their own vaccines, manufacturers will have to apply for a CPR so this is a certificate of product registration," he said in mixed Filipino and English. 

 

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