Bill Type
Congress Name
Long Title
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR CHEAPER MEDICINES, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8293 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date filed
July 24, 2007
Scope
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB01244 | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT PROVIDING FOR CHEAPER MEDICINES, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8293 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES | |
| ABSTRACT : The bill disallows patent owners from extending patents on the basis of frivolous "new use" for existing substances and allows the parallel importation by the government of patented drugs from countries that have lower priced counterparts of such drugs. (Cheaper Medicines) | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : PUENTEVELLA, MONICO O. | |
| DATE FILED : 2007-07-24 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Bonoan-David (024 ) | 2. Ramiro (028 ) |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE | |
| COMMITEE HEARINGS/ACTIONS: | |
| 1. Scheduled for first meeting/hearing on 2007-09-11 | |
| 2. Under deliberation by the Mother Committee on 2007-09-19 | |
| 3. Under deliberation by the Mother Committee on 2007-09-20 | |
| 4. Under deliberation by the Mother Committee on 2007-09-24 | |
| 5. Under deliberation by the Mother Committee on 2007-09-25 | |
| 6. Under study by the Technical Working Group(TWG) on 2007-09-26 | |
| 7. Under study by the Technical Working Group(TWG) on 2007-09-27 | |
| 8. Under study by the Technical Working Group(TWG) on 2007-09-28 | |
| 9. Under deliberation by the Mother Committee on 2007-10-01 | |
| 10. Under deliberation by the Mother Committee on 2007-10-02 | |
| 11. Under deliberation by the Mother Committee on 2007-10-03 | |
| 12. Under deliberation by the Mother Committee on 2007-10-05 | |
| MOTHER BILL: HB02844 | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND INDUSTRY ON 2007-08-06 |
Abstract
The bill disallows patent owners from extending patents on the basis of frivolous "new use" for existing substances and allows the parallel importation by the government of patented drugs from countries that have lower priced counterparts of such drugs. (Cheaper Medicines)
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