Saturday, March 10, 2007

PPhA president promoting use of generics

I was watching Unang Hirit last Friday morning in a bus on my way to work. In one of the commercial breaks, a familiar face was shown on TV.

Guess what? It was none other than Ms. Normita D. Leyesa, President of the PPhA, in a TV commercial with PITC chairman Roberto Pagdanganan promoting the use of generic drugs!

This was the first time that I've seen this kind of commercial since the Generics Act was enacted in 1988.

True enough to the PPhA preamble, President Leyesa has shown that "A pharmacist, in coordination with the government and other health professional helps in the formulation and implementation of health care policies, standards and programs designed for the benefit of society."

Let's all hope that the members of the PPhA feels the same way.

2 comments:

istine said...

I'm always watching tv but I haven't seen that commercial yet...hehe but it's good that they made a commercial about generics....hope to see it later...

Anonymous said...

hello!

this is also my first time to hear about that generics commercial.

currently, i am working for an ngo promoing for the use of generic drugs and we are truly unaware about that. i hope you could send me more info about it if you could still remember.