Smoke ban costly for health agencies
By Dante "Klink" Ang 2nd, Executive Editor KARACHI, Pakistan: The Philippines should look at Pakistan as a source of affordable medicines, an envoy told The Manila Times. Muhammad Naeem Khan, Pakistan's ambassador to the Philippines, said he was "shocked" when he bought medicines in Manila, where the prices were as much as 50 percent higher than identical or similar products in his home country. Philippine lawmakers have been struggling for several years to pass a bill intended to bring down the costs of medicines. On Monday, Philippine Health Undersecretary Alexander Padilla said foreign...
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