Roxas: War for Affordable Medicines starts after enactment

As a landmark law for affordable medicines is signed today, Senator Mar Roxas urged the executive to use the new law as a weapon against the unjust regime of exorbitantly-priced medicines that have long resulted in lives cut short. Roxas, the principal author of the Universally Accessible, Cheaper and Quality Medicines Act said that to […]

Roxas: Medicines bill also seeks improved drug quality, access

Senator Mar Roxas stressed that the newly-passed law— awaiting the President’s signature— does not only seek to lower prices of medicines but also seek to make these more accessible to consumers and to ensure their quality. “If medicines indeed become cheap but we do not ensure their quality, then we’re not protecting the patient in […]

We need your help for the Cheaper Medicines online petition

In behalf of Carlo Ople (the author of the online petition for cheaper medicines) and to all of our fellow citizens who acted on our call to sign the online petition for cheaper medicines in the Philippines, we thank you for joining the call in urging the Congress to immediately pass the Quality Affordable Medicines […]

Support the Cheaper Medicines Bill! Sign the Petition!

Show your support to Senator Mar Roxas‘ Quality Affordable Medicine Bill. We have been waiting for so long to have quality affordable medicine. The time is now! ORAS NA! ORAS NA! Sign the online petition now! The bill has long been delayed in the halls of Congress. Now, the time has come to make this […]

Roxas: Now the real work begins

Given the assured passage of the Quality Affordable Medicines Act on or before Labor Day, Senator Mar Roxas, principal sponsor and author of the bill, challenged the executive branch to come up with a concrete action plan for its effective implementation. “I thank House Speaker Prospero Nograles and the House panel headed by Palawan Rep. […]