RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE/S TO INQUIRE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALLEGED GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION IN THE PROCUREMENT OF MEDICINES IN THE COUNTRY

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND COMMERCE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE EXPIRATION OF PATENTS OF SOME 10,000 ESSENTIAL DRUGS AND THE GOVERNMENT'S EFFORTS TO ENCOURAGE THE LOCAL MANUFACTURING OF OFF-PATENT DRUGS, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF INTRODUCING REMEDIAL MEASURES TO REDUCE PRICES OF MEDICINES SOLD IN THE COUNTRY

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICE MONITORING COMMISSION

AN ACT TO DIRECT THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO PREPARE AND PUBLISH ANNUALLY A CONSUMER GUIDE TO PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICES

AN ACT TO MAKE THE LAWS ON PATENTS, TRADENAMES AND TRADEMARKS MORE RESPONSIVE TO THE HEALTH CARE NEEDS OF THE FILIPINO PEOPLE BY ALLOWING THE IMPORTATION, EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF PATENTED MEDICINES AND EXCEPTIONS TO THE APPLICATION OF STANDARD COMPULSORY LICENSING REQUIREMENTS FOR DRUGS OR MEDICINES TO LOWER DRUG OR MEDICINE PRICES BY AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8293, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES

AN ACT LOWERING THE COST OF HEALTH CARE IN THE PHILIPPINES, EXEMPTING FOR THE PURPOSE THE SALE AND IMPORTATION OF DRUGS, MEDICINES, PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS AND RELATED RAW MATERIALS, AND MEDICAL, DENTAL AND HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT AND INSTRUMENTS, FROM COVERAGE OF VALUE-ADDED TAX (VAT) AND THE IMPOSITION OF TARIFF AND DUTIES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT TO REQUIRE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN LABELING ON PRESCRIPTION AND OVER-THE-COUNTER DRUGS

AN ACT DECLARING EVERY THIRD WEEK OF NOVEMBER OF EVERY YEAR AS NATIONAL CONSCIOUSNESS WEEK AGAINST COUNTERFEIT MEDICINES

AN ACT EXEMPTING THE PURCHASE OF MEDICINE BY SENIOR CITIZENS FROM THE COVERAGE OF THE VALUE ADDED TAX, AND AMENDING SECTION 109 (1) OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, AS AMENDED

AN ACT FURTHER ENSURING THE USE OF THE GENERIC NAMES IN THE MANUFACTURE, PRESCRIPTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF DRUGS AND MEDICINES, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE CERTAIN SECTIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED 6675, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ‘GENERIC ACT OF 1988’ AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT REQUIRING LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO EARMARK A PORTION OF THEIR INTERNAL REVENUE ALLOTMENTS FOR FREE MEDICINES TO INDIGENT PATIENTS IN THEIR LOCALITIES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT ENSURING AFFORDABILITY, ACCESSIBILITY AND AVAILABILITY OF ESSENTIAL DRUGS AND MEDICINES, CREATING FOR THE PURPOSE THE DRUG POLICY SERVICES WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICE MONITORING COMMISSION

AN ACT GRANTING GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, SENIOR CITIZENS AND INDIGENTS A TWENTY PERCENT (20%) DISCOUNT ON THE SALE OF MEDICINES

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICE MONITORING COMMISSION

AN ACT TO REQUIRE MANUFACTURERS OR LABELERS OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS TO REPORT THEIR ANNUAL MARKETING COSTS

AN ACT REQUIRING THAT ONLY GENERIC NAMES OF DRUGS BE WRITTEN IN MEDICAL PRESCRIPTIONS, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED 6675, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE GENERICS ACT OF 1988

AN ACT PROHIBITING THE GIVING OF GIFTS OFFERED BY PRESCRIPTION DRUG MANUFACTURERS AND DISTRIBUTORS TO ENCOURAGE PRACTITIONERS TO PRESCRIBE CERTAIN DRUGS AND PROVIDING A PENALTY

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE/S TO INQUIRE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE IMPACT MADE BY THE BOTIKA NG BARANGAY (BNB) PROGRAM IN MAKING DRUGS AFFORDABLE, AVAILABLE AND ACCESSIBLE TO THE FILIPINOS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE ALLEGED PROLIFERATION OF SMUGGLED DRUGS AND OTHER HEALTH PRODUCTS IN THE COUNTRY IN ORDER TO COME UP WITH CORRECTIVE LEGISLATION TO ADDRESS THE SAID PROBLEM

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALLEGED DISTRIBUTION AND SALES IN THE PHILIPPINES OF DRUGS BANNED IN OTHER COUNTRIES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE RECURRING REPORTS OF GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS ALLEGEDLY KEEPING MILLIONS OF PESOS WORTH OF SURPLUS AND EXPIRED MEDICINES