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MATAPOS sumambulat ang balita hinggil sa sabwatang nagbabasura sa umiiral na Generics Law, target ng Department of Health (DOH), Food and Drug Administration (FDA) at Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) na talupan at tanggalan ng lisensya ang mga doktor na kasabwat ng mga pharmaceutical companies.
Bilang pambungad isang joint committee for investigation ang nilikha ng DOH public health ethics committee, kasama ang FDA at PRC.
“The JCI will help reduce redundancy and expedite due process requirements regarding the many allegations aired at the Senate hearing, ensuring that the integrity of the medical profession is protected while holding accountable those found to have violated pertinent laws, rules, and regulations,” saad sa isang pahayag ng DOH.
Target din ng JCI isali sa komite ang Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Philippine Medical Association (PMA), Philippine Pharmacists Association at Philippine Hospital Association (PHA).
“Legal advisers of the JCI are also looking into possible mechanisms to protect whistleblowers so that they may provide actionable information and evidence,” dagdag ng kagawaran.
Sa Senado, nakatakda namang imbestigahan ng Senate Blue Ribbon Committee ang di umano’y “unethical marketing practices” ng Bell-Kenz Pharmaceutical Inc. na pag-aari ng mga Pilipinong doktor.
Una nang iginiit ng Bell-Kenz Pharma Inc. na walang ginagawang paglabag ang kumpanya.
“What they are doing is not unethical. The doctors’ prescription is based on laboratory tests and (clinical) assessments and financial or personal interest has never been considered,” wika ni Atty. Dez Perlez na tumatayong abogado ng Bell-Kenz Pharma.
“We don’t see anything unethical in prescribing (to patients) effective branded medicines that are affordable,” ani Perlez.
“However, based on their assessment of the patient’s condition, they can also recommend medicines from Bell-Kenz. Never did they prescribe it if it is not what the patient needs knowing it will affect the patient’s health,” dagdag pa ng abogado.
Di rin aniya totoo ang paratang na panunuhol sa mga doktor para gamot na gawa ng Bell-Kenz Pharma lang ang ireseta sa mga pasyente.
