💊 Medical · · Philippines
The Philippines updates its compassionate-permit rules
New health-department guidelines took effect for access to unregistered medicines through a compassionate special permit. The case-specific route can cover an imported cannabis-based medicine, but it did not create a medical-cannabis programme or legalise the plant.
Source: Philippine FDA — Administrative Order No. 2025-0024
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