The National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency asked local pharmaceutical suppliers and manufacturers, as well as multinational pharmaceutical companies, to help address the medicine supply problem.
Charles Santiago says Vijayarani isn’t thinking of suing the government yet, as her focus is on reviewing MOH’s preliminary autopsy report on the death of her son, Revnesh Kumar.
When asked if this means the government is not admitting liability for Covid-19 vaccines, NPRA says the Cabinet agreed to disburse “financial assistance, not compensation”.
NPRA has yet to state if any deaths among Covid-19 vaccine recipients “involved” the U12.9 code – “Covid-19 vaccines causing adverse effects in therapeutic use, unspecified” – under the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10).
The National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency, which worked 24/7 to evaluate Covid-19 vaccines, took between 10-12 working days to authorise Pfizer, 11-14 days for AstraZeneca, and 16-17 days for Sinovac.