Archive for May, 2006
Small drugstore owners blame solons for expensive medicines
By Marie Surbano
Published on May 28, 2006 issue of The Daily Tribune
Small drugstore owners and a consumers group have accused some members of the House of the Representatives of receiving perks from multi-national companies, reason why prices of medicines in the country keep soaring.
Raul Segovia, head of the Citizens Alliance for Consumer Protection, revealed several [...]
Drugs sold in RP are the most expensive in Asia: gov’t exec
Published on May 28, 2006 issue of SunStar Manila
http://feeds.manilanews.net/?rid=5d91ba79d14bc9ac&cat=3e5bbccc730d258c&f=1
Lawmakers involved in drug cartel, according to group
Secretary Roberto Pagdanganan of the Philippine International Trading Corporation (PITC) said on Saturday that pharmaceutical companies in the country employ a certain method that makes the cost of medicines sold here very expensive.
Pagdangan said a number of pharmaceutical firms [...]
Solons kinokontrol ang presyo ng gamot –AGAP
Published on May 27, 2006 issue of People’s Taliba
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?page=news&id=2993&sid=1&urldate=2006-05-27
Inakusahan ng isang consumer protection group ang ilang kongresista ng umano’y pagtanggap ng ‘grasya’ mula sa 20 hanggang 26 na multinational companies (MNCs) upang mapahintulutan ang mga kum-panya na presyuhan ang kanilang mga gamot ayon sa kanilang kagustuhan.
Ayon kay Raul Segovia ng Citizens Alliance for Consumer [...]
Group launches drive for cheaper medicines
By Cher Jimenez
Published on May 23, 2006 issue of the BusinessMirror
http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/0524/nation04.php
Health workers and consumer groups protest the sky-high prices of medicines and rally in front of the Senate in support of Senate Bill 2139 that seeks to lower prices of medicines.In a related development, the Ayos na Gamot sa Abot-Kayang Presyo group was launched at [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Gov’t official laments high cost of ‘off-patent’ drugs in RP, control by cartel
Published on May 24, 2006 issue of SunStar Manila
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/man/2006/05/24/news/gov.t.official.laments.high.cost.of.off.patent.drugs.in.rp.control.by.cartel.html
While 80 to 90 percent of medicines in the country are already “off patent,” its prices are still high, an official rued on Tuesday.
Roberto Pagdanganan, chairman of the Philippine International Trading Center (PITC), said people could no longer afford to buy medicines because multinational pharmaceutical companies control [...]
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