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MANILA, Philippines — Did you know that over 3,000 bottles of Solmux Advance with Zinc Suspension are manufactured every hour?
Pharmaceuticals latest news
CA thumbs down Sanofi’s appeal on Dengvaxia
MANILA, Philippines — French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi Pasteur’s motion for reconsideration on a ruling related to its controversial Dengvaxia dengue vaccine has been denied by the Court of Appeals (CA).
Lawyer hits quad comm for abuse of contempt power
MANILA, Philippines — The lawyer of Cassandra Ong has accused the House of Representatives’ quad committee of abusing the “contempt power of legislature” following the new contempt citation that the panel issued to his client.
Integridad sa sektor ng kalusugan | Pilipino Star Ngayon
Ilang buwan na ang nakakalipas nang isinalang sa senado ang isang pharmaceutical company na akusado sa pag-aalok ng mga mamahaling regalo at benepisyo sa mga doktor, kapalit ng pagrereseta ng kanilang mga gamot sa mga pasyente. Ikinatakot ito ng karamihan dahil ibig sabihin, maaaring maresetahan ang isang pasyente ng gamot na puwedeng mas mahal, o kaya’y hindi naman nila talagang kailangan.
Medical sign language handbook launched
MANILA, Philippines — A comprehensive Filipino sign language handbook on health-related terms was developed by medical students from the University of the Philippines-Manila (UPM) to enhance health care delivery to deaf patients.
Taking a stand for integrity
A few months ago, a senate inquiry was launched on an alleged breach of ethics involving a pharmaceutical firm that was allegedly offering lucrative incentives for doctors to prescribe its medicine, which could be unwittingly unnecessary or more expensive for patients. The company faced scrutiny as well after purported whistleblowers exposed a multi-level-marketing scheme it reportedly employed that also sought to recruit doctors.
FDA orders recall of drugs for acute gout
THE Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ordered the immediate recall of specific lots of a drug product used to treat acute gout.
FDA recalls gout drug
MANILA, Philippines — The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ordered the recall from the market of two lots of an anti-gout medicine, declaring that the lots did not have enough active pharmaceutical ingredients.