Bill Type
House Bill
Congress Name
14th Congress of the Republic
Long Title
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR CHEAPER MEDICINES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Congress Author
GULLAS, EDUARDO R.
Date filed
July 2, 2007
Scope
NATIONAL

Legislative History

House Bill/Resolution NO. HB00307
FULL TITLE : AN ACT PROVIDING FOR CHEAPER MEDICINES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
ABSTRACT : This bill seeks to provide Filipinos greater access to low-priced medicines by reinforcing the parallel drug importation scheme of the state-owned Philippine Internation Trading Corp. (PITC) and by allowing any entity to import patented drugs sold cheaper in other countries.
PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : GULLAS, EDUARDO R.
DATE FILED : 2007-07-02
SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL
CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) :
1. Almario (002 ) 2. Lim (R.) (010 )
3. Ramiro (028 )
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE
COMMITEE HEARINGS/ACTIONS:
      1. Scheduled for first meeting/hearing on 2007-09-11
      2. Under deliberation by the Mother Committee on 2007-09-19
      3. Under deliberation by the Mother Committee on 2007-09-20
      4. Under deliberation by the Mother Committee on 2007-09-24
      5. Under deliberation by the Mother Committee on 2007-09-25
      6. Under study by the Technical Working Group(TWG) on 2007-09-26
      7. Under study by the Technical Working Group(TWG) on 2007-09-27
      8. Under study by the Technical Working Group(TWG) on 2007-09-28
      9. Under deliberation by the Mother Committee on 2007-10-01
      10. Under deliberation by the Mother Committee on 2007-10-02
      11. Under deliberation by the Mother Committee on 2007-10-03
      12. Under deliberation by the Mother Committee on 2007-10-05
MOTHER BILL: HB02844
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES
REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND INDUSTRY ON 2007-07-24

Abstract

This bill seeks to provide Filipinos greater access to low-priced medicines by reinforcing the parallel drug importation scheme of the state-owned Philippine Internation Trading Corp. (PITC) and by allowing any entity to import patented drugs sold cheaper in other countries.

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