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With the sale of fake medicines in online platforms on the rise, a party-list lawmaker has pushed for the speedy passage of a measure imposing tougher penalties, including life imprisonment for large-scale manufacture, sale, and possession of counterfeit pharmaceutical products.
Yamsuan said House Bill 3984, of which he is a co-author, will strengthen the campaign against counterfeit pharmaceutical products and classify their large-scale manufacture, sale, distribution and possession as acts of economic sabotage. They also refer to products that are deliberately and fraudulently misrepresented with respect to their identity, composition and/or source.
Life imprisonment and a fine of P500,000 to P5 million is the penalty proposed under the bill if the counterfeited product is determined to be the proximate cause of death of a victim who unknowingly bought and took it. In the 2024 Special 301 Report of the Office of the United States Trade Representative , the Philippines was named as among the “leading sources of counterfeit medicines distributed globally.”
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