The price cap for more medicines and drugs will take full effect on March 22 next year, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said. | DFernandezINQ
MANILA, Philippines — The price cap for more medicines and drugs will take full effect on March 22 next year, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said on Saturday.setting the maximum retail price of 34 drug molecules and 71 drug formulas.“This will provide benefit to our population especially na kailangan nating mas maging [when we need to make] affordable ang ating mga gamot lalong-lalo na [our medicines] in this time of the pandemic,” Vergeire said during the Laging Handa briefing.
“So, ito po ay binigyan ng 90 days para po magkaroon ng effectivity. So, ang kanyang full effect will be on March 22, 2022,” she added.