REDUCED MEDICINE PRICES REMAIN ELUSIVE

"PEOPLE are dying because medicines are expensive." Thus said Senate trade and commerce committee chairman Sen. Manuel Roxas II, explaining his support for a bill that proposes to overhaul the Intellectual Property Code to pave the way for cheaper pharmaceuticals. "Because medicines are very expensive, many people, especially the less fortunate, adjust [their] dosage according to what they can afford."

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