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                    [Title] => Talisay SP backs DOH generic medicine drive
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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.

[DatePublished] => 2013-09-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1333920 [AuthorName] => Garry B. Lao [SectionName] => Freeman Metro Cebu [SectionUrl] => metro-cebu [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 693561 [Title] => Health groups: Cheaper medicines law an illusion [Summary] =>

Consumers and health welfare groups are set to march to Malacañang today to protest the Republic Act 9502 or the Universally Accessible Cheaper and Quality Medicines Act.

[DatePublished] => 2011-06-07 09:25:59 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1262583 [AuthorName] => Dennis Carcamo [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 690999 [Title] => Cheaper medicine law hit [Summary] =>

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.

[DatePublished] => 2011-05-30 09:23:02 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1262583 [AuthorName] => Dennis Carcamo [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 559775 [Title] => Loren's gripes on the Cheaper Medicine Law: 100% politics [Summary] =>  When diplomacy is set aside and the politicians’ verbal weapons’ trajectories are pointing below the belt, we should know election season has finally arrived. [DatePublished] => 2010-03-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134218 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1317599 [AuthorName] => Fidel O. Abalos [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 553385 [Title] => Price of hypertension, pneumonia cures slashed [Summary] =>

Prices of medicines for the top two leading diseases in Central Visayas have been slashed by as much as fifty percent by the Department of Health in compliance with the Cheaper Medicines Law, making them more affordable and accessible to the people, Senator Mar Roxas said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2010-02-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 486221 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Just implement the law [Summary] =>

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

[DatePublished] => 2009-07-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/3497/startoonthumb.gif ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 439106 [Title] => DOH plans to regulate prices of chemo medicine, insulin [Summary] =>

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.

[DatePublished] => 2009-02-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 421603 [Title] => Senate allots P1 B for cheaper drugs [Summary] => The Senate has approved a P1-billion budget for the Department of Health for the parallel importation of affordable medicines for various diseases that would be made available in the market with the implementation of the Universally Accessible Cheaper and Quality Medicines Act of 2008. [DatePublished] => 2008-12-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804901 [AuthorName] => Aurea Calica [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 420401 [Title] => EDITORYAL - Mababang presyo ng gamot kailan maaabot? [Summary] =>

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.

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                    [Title] => Talisay SP backs DOH generic medicine drive
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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.

[DatePublished] => 2013-09-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1333920 [AuthorName] => Garry B. Lao [SectionName] => Freeman Metro Cebu [SectionUrl] => metro-cebu [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 693561 [Title] => Health groups: Cheaper medicines law an illusion [Summary] =>

Consumers and health welfare groups are set to march to Malacañang today to protest the Republic Act 9502 or the Universally Accessible Cheaper and Quality Medicines Act.

[DatePublished] => 2011-06-07 09:25:59 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1262583 [AuthorName] => Dennis Carcamo [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 690999 [Title] => Cheaper medicine law hit [Summary] =>

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.

[DatePublished] => 2011-05-30 09:23:02 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1262583 [AuthorName] => Dennis Carcamo [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 559775 [Title] => Loren's gripes on the Cheaper Medicine Law: 100% politics [Summary] =>  When diplomacy is set aside and the politicians’ verbal weapons’ trajectories are pointing below the belt, we should know election season has finally arrived. [DatePublished] => 2010-03-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134218 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1317599 [AuthorName] => Fidel O. Abalos [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 553385 [Title] => Price of hypertension, pneumonia cures slashed [Summary] =>

Prices of medicines for the top two leading diseases in Central Visayas have been slashed by as much as fifty percent by the Department of Health in compliance with the Cheaper Medicines Law, making them more affordable and accessible to the people, Senator Mar Roxas said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2010-02-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 486221 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Just implement the law [Summary] =>

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

[DatePublished] => 2009-07-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/3497/startoonthumb.gif ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 439106 [Title] => DOH plans to regulate prices of chemo medicine, insulin [Summary] =>

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.

[DatePublished] => 2009-02-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 421603 [Title] => Senate allots P1 B for cheaper drugs [Summary] => The Senate has approved a P1-billion budget for the Department of Health for the parallel importation of affordable medicines for various diseases that would be made available in the market with the implementation of the Universally Accessible Cheaper and Quality Medicines Act of 2008. [DatePublished] => 2008-12-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804901 [AuthorName] => Aurea Calica [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 420401 [Title] => EDITORYAL - Mababang presyo ng gamot kailan maaabot? [Summary] =>

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.

[DatePublished] => 2008-12-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 67433 [Title] => Importasyon sa tambal hingusgan na [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2008-06-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1600280 [AuthorName] => Ni Romeo T. Limpangog [SectionName] => Banat Balita [SectionUrl] => balita [URL] => ) ) )
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