The Ministry of Health and the Federal Commission for Protection against Health Risks (Cofepris) are the only units responsible for approving some medication, that is why the diabetes vaccine does not exist, said Dr. Rafael Violante Ortiz.
"Recently in Mexico, I was very pleased with the reaction of the health authorities of Cofepris because at the national level it is announced that there is a vaccine against diabetes, which reverses it, and that is totally false, Cofepris quickly says that this does not have ascientific solidity. "
The IMSS endocrinologist, explained that for a medication to develop and is launched to the market, it is preceded by five to ten years of research by doctors, they attend congresses to see the progress of the investigations, for that it is requiredTime, and not that someone appears overnight, saying the cure for some kind of illness.
For more than two weeks two supposed specialists from a foundation called your diabetes presented what they say is a vaccine to stop and even reverse the effects of the disease;ensuring that this treatment can be used by children and adults, without any collateral effect.
Given this situation, Cofepris reported that it has not authorized any diabetes vaccine and launched a health alert in the 32 entities of the country, to avoid the consumption of this medication.
