http://thewarriorlawyer.com/2006/10/23/pfizers-bitter-pill/ Lawyer in the Philippines Sat, 09 Jul 2011 19:14:53 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://thewarriorlawyer.com/2006/10/23/pfizers-bitter-pill/comment-page-1/#comment-74371 glasnost Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:51:58 +0000 http://thewarriorlawyer.com/2006/10/23/pfizers-bitter-pill/#comment-74371 Well Done! I Like it! Well Done! I Like it!

]]> http://thewarriorlawyer.com/2006/10/23/pfizers-bitter-pill/comment-page-1/#comment-12876 Global Voices Online » Philippines: Expensive Medicines Wed, 10 Oct 2007 08:48:29 +0000 http://thewarriorlawyer.com/2006/10/23/pfizers-bitter-pill/#comment-12876 [...] The Warrior Lawyer writes about the suit filed by Pfizer against the Philippine government for testing and starting the registration process for a generic version of Norvasc manufactured in India. “The leading cause of mortality from illness in the Philippines is heart disease, accounting for approximately 72,000 deaths annually. Norvase is, without question, a very effective drug for hypertension. Pfizer sells a 10 mg. dose of Norvase for $1.50 (Pesos: 75.00) in the Philippines as against only $.18 in India. Norvase costs 700 percent more in the Philippines than elsewhere. Pfizer has not even bothered to explain the enormous price difference between what it sells in the Philippines and the very same product in other countries. It’s no wonder then that the government is eager, even desperate, to import the drug. But Pfizer is not about to let this happen” [...] [...] The Warrior Lawyer writes about the suit filed by Pfizer against the Philippine government for testing and starting the registration process for a generic version of Norvasc manufactured in India. “The leading cause of mortality from illness in the Philippines is heart disease, accounting for approximately 72,000 deaths annually. Norvase is, without question, a very effective drug for hypertension. Pfizer sells a 10 mg. dose of Norvase for $1.50 (Pesos: 75.00) in the Philippines as against only $.18 in India. Norvase costs 700 percent more in the Philippines than elsewhere. Pfizer has not even bothered to explain the enormous price difference between what it sells in the Philippines and the very same product in other countries. It’s no wonder then that the government is eager, even desperate, to import the drug. But Pfizer is not about to let this happen” [...]

]]> http://thewarriorlawyer.com/2006/10/23/pfizers-bitter-pill/comment-page-1/#comment-8523 leslie anthony baddeley Tue, 12 Jun 2007 04:41:53 +0000 http://thewarriorlawyer.com/2006/10/23/pfizers-bitter-pill/#comment-8523 to the warrior lawyer in new zealand we have the same problem but we have a larger wage average wage nz is $35000. nz my heart goes out to the people of the philippines note i married a filipina.whenwill the people get a president that will get them jobs and a future start shooting corrupt officials?who knows i love u philipines you have a big heart but little in your pockets to the warrior lawyer in new zealand we have the same problem but we have a larger wage average wage nz is $35000. nz my heart goes out to the people of the philippines note i married a filipina.whenwill the people get a president that will get them jobs and a future start shooting corrupt officials?who knows i love u philipines you have a big heart but little in your pockets

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