Cheaper Medicines Bill pipirmahan na
Dito sa atin sa Pilipinas, ubod ng mahal ng gamot. Kaya marami sa ating mga kababayan, sa halip na bumili ng gamot, bigas na lang ang bibilhin, kaso hindi naman kayang gamuting ng bigas ang tuberculosis o iba pang karamdaman. Mas malaki pa ang problema natin ngayon dahil tumataas ang presyo ng gasolina, ng pagkain, lahat tumataas, kaya tayo ay nasa lupa at pilit na inaabot ang gamot na anduon sa kalangitan.
Magandang negosyo din ang drug store, kaya naman sa lugar namin, kaliwa't kanan ay may botika. Malaki kasi ang kita dahil sa napakalaki ng patong nila sa presyo. Malaki nga ang tubo nila, butas naman bulsa natin.
Hindi ako sigurado kung bababa talaga ang presyo ng gamot dahil sa batas na ito, pero isa lang ang sigurado ako, lahat tayo galit sa mahal na presyo ng gamot!
Palace to sign cheaper medicines law Friday
MANILA, Philippines - President Gloria M. Arroyo is scheduled to sign this Friday the cheaper medicines bill, the long-delayed measure that seeks to relax existing patent rules to enhance access to low-priced medicines from other countries.
A schedule from the Presidential Legislative Liaison Office showed that the President will sign the measure in Sta. Cruz Laguna, coinciding with ceremonies for the upgraded Laguna Provincial Hospital.
The bill was supposed to lapse into law on June 27, but the President has opted to sign it on June 6.
Cabinet members and lawmakers are expected to attend the event.
The measure, officially called the "Universally Accessible Cheaper and Quality Medicines Act of 2008," seeks to bar the granting of new patents based only on newly discovered uses of an ingredient of an existing drug.
It also allows the President to set price ceilings on various drugs, upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Health.
The measure also allows the parallel importation of lower-priced drugs from countries like India and Pakistan and allows generics manufacturers to test, produce and register their generic versions of patented drugs, so these can be sold after their patent lapses.
The cheaper medicines bill is a priority measure listed by the Legislative Executive Development Advisory Council. It was bypassed during the 13th Congress due to lack of time and quorum. Congress ratified the measure last month. — Alexis Douglas B. Romero, gmanews.tv
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napirmahan na yung cheaper medicine bill, pero hindi pa agad bababa yan. kahit napirmahan na, may time pa para maging effective yung law, wala pa nga yata Impelemting Rules and Regulation kaya baka next year pa natin maramdaman yung pagbaba. kaya sa ngayon, bawal muna magkasakit
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Submitted by Olympus on Sun, 06/08/2008 - 22:56.hay naku, kaya nga mahirap talaga magkasakit ngayon, problema tag-ulan pa tapos pasukan, kawawa ang mga bata, uso pa ang dengue.
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Submitted by Tuti Fruti on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 11:55.to test, produce and register their generic versions of patented drugs
Are we to become their lab-rats?
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Submitted by monkeyboy on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 02:29.monkeyboy has a point. Are we to be considered lab-rats?
What is the implication of consuming a drug which has an expired patent?
What could be measurable difference between generic and nongeneric drugs?
Who could answer this but those who submitted the law themselves.
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Submitted by plokplok on Mon, 10/27/2008 - 21:32.Post new comment