Another example of rule of the few!

[boydapa]

disappointed ako dito sa cheaper medicines law naaprove na sa congress with provisions on 1. generics only and 2. creation of a board to dictatate prices.

langhya kinontra sa senado ni mar roxas. nun una generics only provision lng pinagbargainan na tangalin eh ngayon pati creation ng board tinangal din patay kang bata ka.

isa na nga yata daw tayo sa pinakamahal na gamot sa buong mundo.

ang tindi ng mga drug companies naglobby binaha ng pera yun mga damuhong yan. lahat binayaran . lawmakers, doctors etc.. grabe maawa naman kayo sa mga kababayan natin

saludo ako sa congress this time dahil gumawa kayo at pinaglaban ang isang batas na para sa majority!

kaso kinatay ng senado

[tidus1203]

Nothing new there. Lobbyist are everywhere, money talks, money is power and unfortunately if you don't have the money you're out.

[uls]

Ano laban ng isang 3rd world govt sa Big Pharma?

E ang US healthcare system hawak nila e...

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Di ako kampi sa Big Pharma, pero against ako sa price control.

Any price control is economic suicide. Be it basic goods or fuel or medicine.

Just research what happened to Zimbabwe when their president imposed price control on food.

[boydapa]

good point!

pero bakit sa india nagawan nila ng paraan na mababa ang gamot sa kanila? yun P21.00 na gamot satin sa highblood ata eh mabibili mo lng sa kanila ng 2petot same brand din pa ata

sa thailand din daw ata ganun.

hindi nga dapt cheaper medice law na itawag dun kundi ammendment sa IPR on medicine nlng eh

dahil garantisado it will not level the playing field at ganun pa din price nyan lahat mahal

[uls]

I didnt research on why medicine in India is cheap but i think i know why...

Sa India, meron sila mga malalaking companies na gumagawa ng generic na gamot. (Cipla, Ranbaxy, etc)

Big pharma has to compete with them.

Big Pharma can't price their medicine too high.

Dito sa Pinas, big pharma has almost no competition.

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Thailand... meron sila problema ngayon.

diba nilaban nila ang big pharma regarding sa HIV drugs?

Thailand wont allow branded HIV drugs yata, only generics.

Well, no problem with firstline HIV drugs. There are cheap generic versions.

But when HIV becomes resistant to the firstline drugs, patients have to switch to second line drugs which are newer drugs and still under patent protection.

So now big pharma is withholding their newer HIV drugs from Thailand.

Thai HIV patients can't get access to 2nd line drugs.

That's what happens pag kinalaban mo ang big pharma.

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Clarify ko lang after some reading...

Thailand practices patent-breaking.

They have a law that allows manufacturing of generic versions of drugs that are under patent.

And that pissed off big pharma and caused strained relations between the Thai govt and the US and EU.

Thailand's move to provide cheaper drugs for its people comes at a cost.

[ringostarr]

good point!

pero bakit sa india nagawan nila ng paraan na mababa ang gamot sa kanila? yun P21.00 na gamot satin sa highblood ata eh mabibili mo lng sa kanila ng 2petot same brand din pa ata

pag naging P2 na lang gamot sa highblood dito lalo dadami ang kakain ng taba. dun nga sa metrowalk meron isa barbekyuhan dun lahat taba walang karne

parang airbag problem kasi yan eh, nun nagkarun ng airbags mga tsikot sa'tin mas madami lumakas loob mag-counterflow

[Gen1]

parang airbag problem kasi yan eh, nun nagkarun ng airbags mga tsikot sa'tin mas madami lumakas loob mag-counterflow

OT :wala sigurong kinalaman ang airbag sa counterflow. wala namang dyip na may airbag