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                    [Title] => Dangerous cheaper medicine
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There is something seriously ailing the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), a government agency tasked to protect us from harmful products being sold in drugstores and market counters.

[DatePublished] => 2012-03-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136417 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097308 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva1 [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 745420 [Title] => WikiLeaks: US lobbied vs cheaper medicine law in Phl [Summary] =>

The online whistle-blower WikiLeaks reported that the United States had lobbied against the Cheaper Medicine Act in the Philippines after American stakeholders expressed concern about the possible changes in the country’s pharmaceutical policies.

[DatePublished] => 2011-11-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 634412 [Title] => Drug firm pushes full implementation of cheaper medicine law [Summary] =>

An official of a drug firm is urging the government to fully implement the Cheaper Medicine Act so the public would not have to be burdened with buying expensive drugs.

[DatePublished] => 2010-11-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1546326 [AuthorName] => Nestor Etolle [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 566200 [Title] => Roxas hinamon ng debate [Summary] =>

Hinamon ng dalawang principal proponents ng cheaper medicine legislation si Senador Mar Roxas sa isang debate saan man at kung kelan upang malaman ng taumbayan kung sino ang nagsasabi ng totoo hinggil sa sinasabing ama ng naturang batas.

[DatePublished] => 2010-04-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096558 [AuthorName] => Butch M. Quejada [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 562789 [Title] => Prices of 97 drugs, medical devices slashed by 50% [Summary] =>

The prices of 97 medicine and medical devices were slashed by 50 percent effective yesterday, the Department of Health (DOH) announced.

[DatePublished] => 2010-04-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 562529 [Title] => P1-bilyong lobby fund dapat ipaliwanag ni Mar - Suplico [Summary] =>

Hiniling ni dating Congressman at Iloilo Vice Governor Rolex Suplico na ipaliwanag ni Senador Mar Roxas ang P1 bilyong  lobby fund na sinasabing ibinigay ng  multinational drug companies para mapahina at di umano masyadong bumaba ang presyo ng gamot sa bansa.

[DatePublished] => 2010-03-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 561882 [Title] => Mar 'pekeng' awtor ng Cheaper Medicine Bill [Summary] =>

Nagsinungaling umano si Liberal Party vice presidential bet Sen. Mar Roxas hinggil sa isyu ng murang gamot dahil ito ay para lamang sa interes ng multinational companies at hindi ng ordinaryong mamamayan.

[DatePublished] => 2010-03-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 560672 [Title] => Drug firm denies supplying substandard medicine [Summary] =>

We write in reaction to the article entitled ‘Cheaper Medicine Act reduced drug prices” written by a certain Aurea Calica in the Feb. 24, 2010 issue of your newspaper, particularly on Page 4 thereof.

[DatePublished] => 2010-03-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Letters to the Editor [SectionUrl] => letters-to-the-editor [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 558434 [Title] => Endorsements of bets are not for free [Summary] =>

Let me start by congratulating my boss and benefactor Sir Dodong Gullas for having been honored by the Philippine Foundation, Inc. with the prestigious Perlas Award.

[DatePublished] => 2010-03-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134303 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1431352 [AuthorName] => Juanito V. Jabat   [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 550969 [Title] => Roxas slams critics over cheap medicine law [Summary] =>

Liberal Party (LP) vice presidential candidate Sen. Manuel “Mar” Roxas II described yesterday as “crazy and desperate” the allegations from critics that he took credit for authoring the Cheaper Medicine Law and even weakened its provisions.

[DatePublished] => 2010-02-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804901 [AuthorName] => Aurea Calica [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
CHEAPER MEDICINE ACT
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            [0] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 788982
                    [Title] => Dangerous cheaper medicine
                    [Summary] => 

There is something seriously ailing the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), a government agency tasked to protect us from harmful products being sold in drugstores and market counters.

[DatePublished] => 2012-03-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136417 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097308 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva1 [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 745420 [Title] => WikiLeaks: US lobbied vs cheaper medicine law in Phl [Summary] =>

The online whistle-blower WikiLeaks reported that the United States had lobbied against the Cheaper Medicine Act in the Philippines after American stakeholders expressed concern about the possible changes in the country’s pharmaceutical policies.

[DatePublished] => 2011-11-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 634412 [Title] => Drug firm pushes full implementation of cheaper medicine law [Summary] =>

An official of a drug firm is urging the government to fully implement the Cheaper Medicine Act so the public would not have to be burdened with buying expensive drugs.

[DatePublished] => 2010-11-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1546326 [AuthorName] => Nestor Etolle [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 566200 [Title] => Roxas hinamon ng debate [Summary] =>

Hinamon ng dalawang principal proponents ng cheaper medicine legislation si Senador Mar Roxas sa isang debate saan man at kung kelan upang malaman ng taumbayan kung sino ang nagsasabi ng totoo hinggil sa sinasabing ama ng naturang batas.

[DatePublished] => 2010-04-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096558 [AuthorName] => Butch M. Quejada [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 562789 [Title] => Prices of 97 drugs, medical devices slashed by 50% [Summary] =>

The prices of 97 medicine and medical devices were slashed by 50 percent effective yesterday, the Department of Health (DOH) announced.

[DatePublished] => 2010-04-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 562529 [Title] => P1-bilyong lobby fund dapat ipaliwanag ni Mar - Suplico [Summary] =>

Hiniling ni dating Congressman at Iloilo Vice Governor Rolex Suplico na ipaliwanag ni Senador Mar Roxas ang P1 bilyong  lobby fund na sinasabing ibinigay ng  multinational drug companies para mapahina at di umano masyadong bumaba ang presyo ng gamot sa bansa.

[DatePublished] => 2010-03-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 561882 [Title] => Mar 'pekeng' awtor ng Cheaper Medicine Bill [Summary] =>

Nagsinungaling umano si Liberal Party vice presidential bet Sen. Mar Roxas hinggil sa isyu ng murang gamot dahil ito ay para lamang sa interes ng multinational companies at hindi ng ordinaryong mamamayan.

[DatePublished] => 2010-03-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 560672 [Title] => Drug firm denies supplying substandard medicine [Summary] =>

We write in reaction to the article entitled ‘Cheaper Medicine Act reduced drug prices” written by a certain Aurea Calica in the Feb. 24, 2010 issue of your newspaper, particularly on Page 4 thereof.

[DatePublished] => 2010-03-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Letters to the Editor [SectionUrl] => letters-to-the-editor [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 558434 [Title] => Endorsements of bets are not for free [Summary] =>

Let me start by congratulating my boss and benefactor Sir Dodong Gullas for having been honored by the Philippine Foundation, Inc. with the prestigious Perlas Award.

[DatePublished] => 2010-03-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134303 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1431352 [AuthorName] => Juanito V. Jabat   [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 550969 [Title] => Roxas slams critics over cheap medicine law [Summary] =>

Liberal Party (LP) vice presidential candidate Sen. Manuel “Mar” Roxas II described yesterday as “crazy and desperate” the allegations from critics that he took credit for authoring the Cheaper Medicine Law and even weakened its provisions.

[DatePublished] => 2010-02-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804901 [AuthorName] => Aurea Calica [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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