Most medicines in the Philippines cost 5 times more

[darkwing]

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http://news.inq7.net/opinion/index.p...d=35804&col=56

damned!!!! why is this so? why are they so greedy?

[the KG]

heh!!! and 50% of those medicines are fake...nice way to make business...selling fake meds at 5x the price how much profit would you make with that...

[mercurial]

Nakabasa ko ana nga article, mao jud diay nga mahal ang mga
medicines. Kontrolado man sad gud sa mga Pharmaceutical
manufacturers og mga distributors ang presyo sa mga tambal.
Mas barato pa ang tambal nga paliton sa india. Kapaet ani sa
mga masakiton!

[darkwing]

Yup, bawal gyud ang magkasakit, gi monopolize man nila ang market, if possible I'd go for generics...

[shoeless_rebel]

even drugs cost 5 times more... darn!

[tootskie]

grabe gyud bitaw ang profit margin nila ani....

[Goose]

Simple...."corruption" is the answer. Many government officials especially that in the customs prey on a lot of products even medicines as well. So suppliers are forced to bring up the prices to recoup the losses.

[M@rv|n]

hmmm if my memory serves my right,during sa akong pharmacy days , usa sa ang naka pa dala mahal ani is ang marketing(med reps, advertisements, etc.) ug ang mga incentives nga gihatag sa mga pharmaceutical companies sa mga doctors aron andg ilahang tambal ang ang i recommend sa doctor.

during that time naa mi sample alaxan which cost 5 pesos ... our teacher said that the production cost of creating a single tablet of alaxan will only cost 1-1.50 pesos imagine 3.50 or more than 50% of it goes to marketing alone.

thats why some drug stores are force to buy these medicines in our neighboring asian countries esp india and thailand kay grabeh ka barato ila medicine, and sell it here in pinas at a lower cost compared to other leading brand of same mixture

[omar50071]

May I share with you guys my aunt's experience with Rose Pharmacy in colon, fronting Gaisano Metro.

She ask for the availability of a medicine, and hand in the doctors Rx to the sales lady, which the lady verified to her computer, then asked if paliton ba niya tanan tambal, unya ni tando ako aunte, then when it was time to pay, she hand in her senior citizen's card for a discount, unya gi ingnan cya sa tindera, nga ang senior citizen's card dili diri nga counter so ni linya napud cya sa pikas counter, then pag pangayo na niya sa tambal sa pikas counter, ni ingon man ang tindera nga out of stock na daw to nga tambal...

Pastilan jud pagka walay puangod aning mga tawhana...tsk tsk tsk...
mahal pa kaayo, dili pa jud mo hatag ug discount sa senior citizens...

[darkwing]

hate to say it but....but they are in for the business, marketing etc.. just adds to the cost of the med plus the monopoly pa gyud...