Posted on27 September 2009.
The Department of Health (DOH) reported that more and more Filipinos are buying generics drugs. The news was reported by DOH secretary Francisco Duque III who said that 6 out of 10 Filipinos are now opting for generic medicines over the more expensive branded counterparts. The health secretary said that this is paving the way for healthy competition in the local pharmaceutical industry. Some generic medicines are up to 80 percent cheaper that the branded medicines. A generic drug is a quali
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More Filipinos buying generic drugs Six out of 10 Filipinos are opting for generic medicines over more expensive branded counterparts paving the way for healthy competition in the local pharmaceutical……learn about the various drugs available at the generics drugstores, where the generic drugstores are, and what are the prices of the generic drugs are, and the government efforts to lower prices in drugs. http://philippinestuff.wordpress.com/2009/07/05/generic-drugstores-in-the-philippines/
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