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Talisay SP backs DOH generic medicine drive

By Garry B. Lao | September 14, 2013 - 12:00am

The Talisay City council supports the call of the Department of Health urging pharmacy owners and consumers to buy only generic medicines from legitimate manufacturers and distributors to ensure safety.

Freeman Metro Cebu

Health groups: Cheaper medicines law an illusion

By Dennis Carcamo | June 7, 2011 - 9:25am

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Cheaper medicine law hit

By Dennis Carcamo | May 30, 2011 - 9:23am

A consumers' rights group today said that the cheaper medicines law of the government has failed to improve the people's access to essential medicines.

Loren's gripes on the Cheaper Medicine Law: 100% politics

By Fidel O. Abalos | March 22, 2010 - 12:00am

 When diplomacy is set aside and the politicians’ verbal weapons’ trajectories are pointing below the belt, we should know election season has finally arrived.

Freeman Cebu Business

Price of hypertension, pneumonia cures slashed

February 28, 2010 - 12:00am

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Cebu News

EDITORIAL - Just implement the law

July 14, 2009 - 12:00am

The time to argue for or against a proposed law is during congressional deliberations on the measure.

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DOH plans to regulate prices of chemo medicine, insulin

By Sheila Crisostomo | February 12, 2009 - 12:00am

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.

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Senate allots P1 B for cheaper drugs

By Aurea Calica | December 7, 2008 - 12:00am

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EDITORYAL - Mababang presyo ng gamot kailan maaabot?

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AANHIN pa ang damo kung patay na ang kabayo? Ganyan ang karaniwang tanong ngayon na ang tinutukoy ay ang paghihintay ng mamamayan sa murang gamot.

PSN Opinyon

Importasyon sa tambal hingusgan na

By Ni Romeo T. Limpangog | June 13, 2008 - 12:00am

Banat Balita