00:00 President Bongbong Marcos ordered the Food and Drug Administration or FDA
00:05 to streamline or make it more effective
00:08 the application for the drugs that are being sold in the country.
00:12 According to FDA Director General Dr. Samuel Zacate,
00:16 it aims to make it more accessible.
00:18 The various drugs and medicines are now available to all Filipinos.
00:23 As of now, there are already police officers assigned by the FDA
00:27 to help the stakeholders.
00:29 Other police officers are also being processed
00:32 to extend the validity of the License to Operate
00:35 and Certificate of Product Registration
00:38 for five years from the current three years.
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