Philippines: FDA monitoring illegal sale of Covid-19 test kits

MANILA, March 6 (Philippines Daily Inquirer/ANN): The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is now engaged in “exhaustive monitoring” of online selling platforms to track the illegal sale of FDA-certified Covid-19 test kits.

In an advisory issued on March 4, the regulatory body said: “The FDA strongly reminds all concerned stakeholders and the general public that online selling of all types of FDA-certified Covid-19 test kits (reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction or RT-PCR, antibody, antigen-based) is strictly prohibited.”