Cheap Medicine Bill
Pass The Affordable Medicines Bill Now, Trade Group Urged Congress
Monday, April 28th, 2008Statement of TUCP Secretary-General and former Senator Ernesto Herreraon the Delay in the Passage of the Proposed Affordable Medicines Act.We urge Congress to instantly pass the Affordable Medicines Bill to provide relief to the working class, many of …
Philippines To Have Cheaper Medicines Soon
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007MANILA, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Oct. 02, 2007) – The Philippine Senate has on Tuesday passed on second reading the proposed Quality Affordable Medicines Act of 2007.Sen. Mar Roxas, chairman of the Senate Committee on Trade and Commerce, has …
Cheap Medicines Bill and Quality Affordable Medicines Bill…Whatever!
Sunday, August 12th, 2007MANILA, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / 13 Aug) – Filipino Senator Mar Roxas said approval of the quality affordable medicines bill could be fast-tracked once the members of the Senate Committees on Trade and on Health are announced, most likely dur…
Big Pharma Puts Up Huge Lobby Fund To Fight Cheap Medicine Bill In Philippines
Sunday, July 29th, 2007MANILA, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / 29 Jul) – Pharmaceutical firms have allegedly put up as much as P1-billion lobby fund to derail the passage of a bill seeking to reduce medicine prices.But Cebu Rep. Eduardo Gullas has warned multinational pha…
Pass Cheap Medicine Bill, Muslim Group Urges RP Congress
Friday, February 23rd, 2007THE MINDANAO-BASED Suara Party List urged members of Congress Friday to approve the Cheap Medicine Bill or Senate Bill 2263, which is instrumental for the roll-back of medicines’ prices in the Philippines.Zaynab Ampatuan, National Deputy Secretary Gene…