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Roxas recently filed Senate Bill No. 2139, which would effectively lower the prices of medicines in the country. The bill also intends to help boost the purchasing power of the public.


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At present, the Philippines sources cheap imported drugs from India under the Presyong Tama program started by former Trade and Industry Secretary Manuel A. Roxas II.


Iranian Ambassador Jalal Kalamantari met last week with current Trade and Industry Secretary Cesar V. Purisima to discuss ways to improve and increase trade relations between the Philippines and Iran.


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This was disclosed by Philippine International Trading Corp. (PITC) president and chief executive officer Anthony Abad who said the government is also planning to further expand the participation of the  local pharmaceutical sector in the program for affordable medicines.


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                    [Title] => Local drug firms urged to price products reasonably
                    [Summary] => Trade and Industry Secretary Cesar V. Purisima appealed yesterday to local drug companies to be reasonable in pricing their medicines.


"We appeal to drug companies to make their medicines more accessible to consumer by reasonably pricing them," Purisima said.


Purisima noted that drug prices have become very expensive and that "getting sick is becoming a luxurious expense."


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Roxas made this appeal following reports that some government hospitals are not purchasing medicines available through the "Presyong Tama, Gamot Pampamilya" program that he initiated.


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                    [Title] => Roxas urges drug firms to lower prices
                    [Summary] => Trade and Industry Secretary Manuel Roxas II urged multinational drug companies yesterday to lower the prices of their products to reasonable levels instead of  diverting  the issue with vague accusations about counterfeit drugs.


"They should explain why their medicines are priced at unreasonably high levels," Roxas said, adding that the "Philippines has the highest medicine prices in Asia, next only to Japan."


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Aside from the 34 branded medicines offered at present under the program, the DTI is also studying the proposals of provincial and municipal health officers to also import other medical products such as dextrose, X-ray plates, and injectibles.


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According to Roxas, there are currently eight brands being imported through the joint program of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the Department of Health known as the "Presyong Tama, Gamot Pampamilya."


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