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Pooled purchase of drugs pushed to ensure supply

The Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Association of the Philippines (PHAP) on Monday called for the urgent adoption of pooled procurement to secure a long-term supply...

Affordable Medicines

(From left) Martin Mendones, Generika Drugstore chief finance officer; Yet Abarca, AC Health Pharma Ventures president and CEO; Adrian Gino Guinto, Generika Drugstore president...

Japan approves launch of stem-cell treatments in world’s first

The Japanese government on Friday conditionally approved the commercialization of two regenerative medicine products prepared from induced pluripotent stem cells, marking the world's first. The...

Too rare for care: How AI helps solve the rare disease paradox

By Rowland Illing, AWS Chief Medical Officer and Director of Global Healthcare and Nonprofits  It's one of medicine's tragic paradoxes that, collectively, rare diseases have...

Cancer treatment must address quality of life beyond cost — oncologist

Cancer treatments must now go beyond the usual concerns of patients who grapple with their high costs in favor of improving quality of life,...

‘Obesity no longer a matter of willpower’

Managing obesity today is a concern that can no longer be managed by sheer willpower alone, if health experts are to be believed. At Tuesday’s...

Small, chic,and life-saving: The tiny tin everyone wants in their bag

It may look like a simple medicine tin, but the Biogesic On-The-Go Pack is quietly taking over the bags of students, commuters, and frequent...

Traditional Cure

A shop attendant weighs and portions Chinese herbal ingredients at a decades-old drugstore in Binondo, Manila, where assorted medicinal roots and dried botanicals are...

Inflammation linked to heart attacks, strokes—Novo Nordisk

More than 130,000 Filipinos die from cardiovascular diseases every year, a figure that continues to rise even among people who maintain normal cholesterol levels,...

DOH raises ‘Code White’ alert due to ‘Paolo’

The Department of Health (DOH) on Friday announced that it had raised a "Code White" alert as early as October 1 due to the...

DSWD guarantee letters accepted in 22 more hospitals, pharmas, med suppliers

Social Welfare Secretary Rex Gatchalian expressed gratitude to the 22 hospitals, pharmaceutical firms, medical suppliers, and distributors of assistive devices for partnering with the...

Philippines to drop tariffs on US cars, medicines in trade deal

President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. on Wednesday confirmed that the Philippines will open several key markets to US goods, including automobiles and pharmaceutical products,...

Diabetes cases rise as Filipinos delay treatment over myths

As type 2 diabetes climbs to become the fifth-leading cause of death in the Philippines, Sanofi Philippines medical head doctor Gian Tenorio on Tuesday...

New Zealand approves medicinal use of ‘magic mushrooms’

Wellington, New Zealand—New Zealand on Wednesday approved the medicinal use of psilocybin, a hallucinogenic compound notably found in so-called "magic mushrooms." Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour...
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