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Sen. JV Ejercito on Thursday asked the Senate to investigate the alleged collusion between doctors and pharmaceutical firms in the so-called “prescription for sale” scheme.
The Department of Health on Tuesday warned that doctors who accept gifts in exchange of their preference to the firms’ manufactured medicines might cost them their medical licenses.DOH Assistant Secretary Albert Domingo pointed out that while the scheme is still subject to investigation, the agency has already received information that some doctors are receiving incentives, with others even getting luxury cars from pharmaceutical companies.
The Generics Act of 1988, required all medical practitioners to write in their prescriptions the generic name of drugs and medicines.Ejercito also said the Cheaper Medicines Act also serves as an assurance to the people that there will be competition among those engaged in the business of drugs and medicines production.
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