Archive for the ‘Medicine’ Category
PhilHealth to cover 5.2 M indigents by July
Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) president and Chief Executive Officer Rey B. Aquino assured on Tuesday that 5.2 million Filipinos who belong to the poorest segment of the population will be added to those covered by its health insurance program by the end of June. The Philhealth chief said this is in line with President [...]
June 21, 2011
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Tags: Government, health coverage, indigent, insurance, Philhealth, Philippines, public service · Posted in: Announcement, Consumers, economy, finance, Government, Health, Medicine, money, Philippine business news, Philippines
Johnson & Johnson makes Philippines its global service center
Johnson & Johnson plans to expand operations in the Philippines to allow its service centers in the country to serve countries outside the Asia Pacific, said Dominic Caruso, the company’s chief financial officer. Caruso said pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson’s newly inaugurated $13.25-million Global Finance Services (GFS) in Parañaque City will be set up to [...]
May 11, 2011
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Tags: Asia, expansion, GFS, global service center, Johnson & Johnson, manufacturing operations, pharmaceutical, pharmacy, Philippines · Posted in: Announcement, Corporations, economy, Employment, finance, Health, investments, Job Opportunities, marketing, Medicine, Philippine business news, Philippines, Products
Johnson & Johnson fined by US authorities for bribing doctors
The 5th largest company in the US in terms of market capitalization, Johnson & Johnson, was fined $70 million by the US authorities for bribing doctors in Europe and paying kickbacks for contracts under a UN relief program in Iraq. The US Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange Commission said that since 1998, the [...]
April 10, 2011
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Tags: $70 million fine, bribery, Department of Justice, Johnson & Johnson, middle east, Oil for Food Program, Saddam Hussein, SEC · Posted in: finance, Government, International relations, Law, Medicine, money, Pricing, Products, World News
BFAD is now FDA by the power of RA 9711
The Bureau of Food and Drugs (BFAD) will now be known as the Food and Drugs Administration. The BFAD was renamed into FDA by the power of the Republic Act 9711 which was signed into law by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo last Tuesday in Malacañang, witnessed by some lawmakers and government officials. RA 9711, according [...]
August 19, 2009
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Tags: BFAD, Cheaper Medicine Law, FDA, Francisco Duque III, Health Secretary, Malacañang, Medicine, news, Philippines, President Arroyo, RA 9711, Republic Act 9711 · Posted in: Health, Law, Medicine, Philippines
