Bill Type
Congress Name
Long Title
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR CHEAPER MEDICINES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date filed
July 10, 2007
Scope
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB00951 |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT PROVIDING FOR CHEAPER MEDICINES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES |
| SHORT TITLE : "Cheaper Medicines Act of 2007" |
| ABSTRACT : "Cheaper Medicines Act of 2007". The bill seeks to improve access to affordable medicines by incorporating into the present Philippine Intellectual Property Code certain public safeguards found in the GATT Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement that create clear, legal exceptions into intellectual property rules. |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : NOGRALES, PROSPERO C. |
| DATE FILED : 2007-07-10 |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : |
| 1. 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 2007-08-01 |
Abstract
"Cheaper Medicines Act of 2007". The bill seeks to improve access to affordable medicines by incorporating into the present Philippine Intellectual Property Code certain public safeguards found in the GATT Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement that create clear, legal exceptions into intellectual property rules.
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