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                    [Title] => Drug firms: Rebate system now in place
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The Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Association of the Philippines (PHAP) gave assurance yesterday that an inventory system is now in place to ensure rebates to drugstores and pharmacies when the medicine price cut is implemented this Saturday.

[DatePublished] => 2009-08-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 495279 [Title] => DOH asks drug stores to report erring suppliers [Summary] =>

The Philippine Healthcare Associations of the Philippines (PHAP) yesterday said an inventory system is now in place to ensure rebates to drugstores and pharmacies in the implementation of the medicine price cut order on Aug. 15.

[DatePublished] => 2009-08-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 494873 [Title] => Welga ng mga ospital inatras [Summary] =>

Kinansela na ng ilang pribadong ospital ang plano nilang welga laban sa Cheaper Medicine Act na sisimulang ipatupad ngayong buwang ito.

[DatePublished] => 2009-08-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096851 [AuthorName] => Doris Franche-Borja [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 494001 [Title] => Private hospitals threaten to go on 'holiday' over medicine price cuts [Summary] =>

Private hospitals may go on a “holiday” if the Department of Health insists on enforcing medicine price cuts by Aug.15.

[DatePublished] => 2009-08-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 489576 [Title] => Still no drug price cut executive order [Summary] =>

President Arroyo has not yet signed the executive order mandating a 50 percent price cut on certain types of medicine.

[DatePublished] => 2009-07-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097338 [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 488665 [Title] => 50% price cut for 23 more essential drugs - DOH [Summary] =>

The Department of Health (DOH) yesterday reported that local pharmaceutical companies are set to voluntarily reduce prices of 23 anti-cancer and other essential drugs.

[DatePublished] => 2009-07-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097338 [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 456524 [Title] => Five drug companies to bring down prices - DOH [Summary] =>

Five pharmaceutical companies are willing to bring down the prices of some of their products, bolstering efforts to make affordable but quality medicine available to poor patients, the Department of Health (DOH) said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2009-04-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 452808 [Title] => 'Cheaper Medicine Law up in 2 years' [Summary] =>

MANILA, Philippines - The Department of Health (DOH) is confident that Republic Act 9502 or the Act Providing for Cheaper and Quality Medicine will be fully implemented in two years.        

[DatePublished] => 2009-03-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 439106 [Title] => DOH plans to regulate prices of chemo medicine, insulin [Summary] =>

The Department of Health (DOH) plans to include chemotherapy drugs and insulin in the list of regulated medicine so the government can control their prices, an official said.

[DatePublished] => 2009-02-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 64606 [Title] => DOH warns public of ill effects of glutathione products [Summary] =>

With the growing popularity of glutathione-based products for skin whitening, the Department of Health (DOH) warned the public yesterday of the possible ill-effects if these are taken indiscriminately.

[DatePublished] => 2008-05-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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