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Philippine International Trading Corp. (PITC) chairman and president Roberto Pagdanganan confirmed this fact yesterday and announced plans by the government to address the problem of overpriced medicine.


He said medicines are more expensive in the country compared with other countries because of several factors.


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Amado T. Tadena, president and managing director of GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), said counterfeit drugs now comprise between 10 percent to 15 percent of all drugs being sold in the local market, posing a continuing problem to the $1-billion pharmaceutical industry.


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Amado T. Tadena, president and managing director of GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), said counterfeit drugs now comprise between 10 percent to 15 percent of all drugs being sold in the local market, posing a continuing problem to the $1-billion pharmaceutical industry.


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RP has most expensive medicines in the world — PITC

By Michael Punongbayan | September 7, 2005 - 12:00am

Medicine in the Philippines, including most common paracetamol-based pain relievers sold in sari-sari (variety) stores, is among the most expensive in the world. Philippine International Trading Corp. (PITC) chairman...

Headlines

Parallel imports may open floodgates for entry of fake drugs to RP, says GSK

By Marianne V. Go | June 16, 2005 - 12:00am

The proliferation of counterfeit drugs in the country could be partly attributed to government’s parallel drug importation program, a top executive of an international pharmaceutical company said yesterday. Amado...

Business