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President pushes wider use of generics drugs

Angelo S. Samonte, Reporter
Manila Times

President Gloria Arroyo on Friday urged all public health doctors to prescribe generic drugs to their patients instead of the branded ones that many Filipinos can’t afford.

The President made this pronouncement during… Read the rest

6.7 million Pinoys use illegal drugs, PDEA says

Florante S. Solmerin
Manila Standard

THE number of Filipinos using illegal drugs has decreased in recent years, but there are still 6.7 million drug dependents in the country, an official said yesterday.

Dionisio Santiago, the newly installed chief of… Read the rest

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