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THE FOOD and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday said Chinese pharmaceutical firm Sinovac Biotech Ltd. is the only company so far to pass the pre-vaccination screening phase locally among three applicants and is expected to begin clinical trials soon. FDA Director General Rolando Enrique D. Domingo, in a briefing, said out of the three applicants that approached the Department of Science and Technology’s vaccine expert panel, only Sinovac has completed the pre-screening process. “They applied today with the FDA for clinical trial permission to conduct a clinical trial here,†he said in mixed Filipino and English.. The FDA official said...
