Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Director-General Eric Domingo has resigned from his post effective January 3, the Department of Health (DOH) confirmed.
“Yes. We confirm the resignation of FDA Director-General Eric Domingo,” the DOH said in a Viber message to reporters.
The DOH assigned FDA Deputy Director General Dr. Oscar Gutierrez as the officer in charge.
In a text message to a news outlet, Domingo said he is resigning as “he already did his part during the pandemic”.
“The FDA is now stronger, more efficient and systems are in place. It’s time for me to move on to other things,” he added.
In May 2019, Domingo acted as OIC of FDA following the dismissal of then agency head Nela Charade Puno.
In February 2020, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte appointed Domingo as director-general of the FDA.
