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                    [ArticleID] => 1284449
                    [Title] => Fake medicines on the rise
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The multibillion dollar global industry of counterfeit drugs is robust and growing, thanks to ineffective efforts of international and local regulating agencies to stop its manufacturing and distribution activities.

[DatePublished] => 2014-01-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133715 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805279 [AuthorName] => Rey Gamboa [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 967751 [Title] => Lengua Becca [Summary] =>

It's funny how language not only conveys meaning, but it also dates you and lets slip out clues about your background and your history.

[DatePublished] => 2013-07-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134681 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1420927 [AuthorName] => Joseph Gonzales [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 496283 [Title] => Small pharma firms not happy with Maximum Drug Retail Price [Summary] =>

The implementation of the Maximum Drug Retail Price (MDRP) provision of the Cheaper Medicines Act may have the unexpected consequences of once again favoring multinational pharmaceutical companies and squeezing the smaller domestic pharma firms.

[DatePublished] => 2009-08-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097285 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 458302 [Title] => Pascual Laboratories eyes P4-billion sales for this year [Summary] =>

Pascual Laboratories, Inc. expects to post P4 billion in sales this year, while its wholly-owned subsidiary Pharex Health Corp. is expecting an equally robust sales of P1.5 billion, company chairman Abrahan F. Pascual said.

[DatePublished] => 2009-04-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097285 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 443174 [Title] => Ensuring safe, quality drugs with bioequivalent generics [Summary] =>

High costs of medicine have long impeded many Filipinos from timely and quality healthcare. A solution comes in the form of generics, which are medicine developed from the same active ingredients of their branded counterparts offering similarly safe and potent cure — only cheaper.

[DatePublished] => 2009-02-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 82262 [Title] => Concern aired on provision of cheaper medicine law [Summary] =>

The Drug Store Association of the Philippines (DSAP) yesterday expressed concern over a provision of Republic Act 9502 or the Cheaper Medicine Law that requires drug outlets to “carry” certain medicine and drugs imported by the government.

[DatePublished] => 2008-08-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 57834 [Title] => House gives in to Senate on cheap medicine bill [Summary] =>

The House of Representatives finally caved in to pressure from the hard-liner Senate to delete its “generics only” provision in the Cheaper Medicine Bill of 2008, and would instead file a separate measure that would strengthen the otherwise inefficient Generics Law.

[DatePublished] => 2008-04-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096652 [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 45897 [Title] => Bicam breakthrough on medicine bill reported [Summary] =>

Sen. Manuel Roxas, chairman of the Senate committee on trade, has announced after a four-hour meeting that the bicameral conference committee on the Quality Affordable Medicine Bill had reached a breakthrough in discussions, resulting in roughly 90 percent of the bill already agreed upon.

[DatePublished] => 2008-02-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 10711 [Title] => Group vows to counter lobby vs cheap medicine bill [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2007-08-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 356822 [Title] => Surviving on a tight healthcare budget [Summary] => The national budget allocation to improve the health condition of 80 million Filipinos has been the subject of dispute in Congress. While this year’s proposed P10.6-billion budget for the Department of Health (DOH) is higher than the previous year’s budget, it is still inadequate to meet the requirements of the country’s health sector. Compared with the budgets of other agencies of the government, the proposed health budget is considered measly.
[DatePublished] => 2006-09-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1516158 [AuthorName] => Michael Dar Santos [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) ) )
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