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Saturday, February 24, 2007

 

Pharma group: 
Low-priced drugs must also be safe

By Ruben D. Manahan IV, Reporter

The Pharmaceutical and Health Care Association of the Philippines (PHAP) is agreeable to a government plan to lower the prices of medicines, as long as public safety is not compromised.

“The PHAP insists that the cheap medicines should be of good quality, must be effective and, most of all, safe,” PHAP spokesman Noel Laman said.

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Sen. Mar Roxas discussed with Director General Pascal Lamy of the World Trade Organization Friday the ongoing efforts to bring down the costs of medicines in the country through amendments...

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THE 29-year-old Filipino worker who slipped into a coma after being beaten up in Riyadh has died, Philippine Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Antonio Villamor reported Friday.

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A judge in Cagayan de Oro City is seeking the help of the National Bureau of Investigation in securing custody of witness in the shabu tiangge case in Pasig City who the police refuses to turn over.

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THE Pasig City police chief cannot account for the raid a Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team conducted at the Light Rail Transit (LRT) compound in Santolan, Pasig.

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