Philippines FDA to Implement New Guidelines to Respond to Future National Health Emergencies

Advisory Process Flow for PFDA Emergency Response

The following process flow showcases the guidelines from the Philippines FDA on necessary public health emergency response:  

• Within a 24-hour period of the initial declaration of a national public health emergency, the Director General must convene the PFDA Crisis Management Committee and create a task force (composed of the necessary centers/offices, given the situation).  
• Guidelines must be issued no longer than 15 days after the initial issuance of the national public health emergency. Guidelines or rules issued will take effect as long as the emergency is in place.  
• The Director General of the PFDA must provide budgetary provisions that ensure the efficient deployment of resources.  
• In order to ensure effective communication, the task force will initiate meetings with its internal and external stakeholders.  
• The emergency task force will provide all updates, reports and recommendations to the crisis management committee. This committee will then endorse a recommendation and present it to the director general.  
• Finally, the director general must submit a report to the PFDA president (through the DOH secretary). 

The Philippines FDA will be implementing these protocols as draft guidance. Secondarily interested parties have until this date to comment: February 28th, 2023. Comments should be sent to: pps@fda.gov.ph. 

In Case You Missed It

This comes just a few weeks after a different update from the Philippines FDA, where they issued an advisory reiteration in regards to unethical business practices, the details of which can be found in our blog on the subject here. 

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