What is the purpose of the Medicines Act?

What is the purpose of the Medicines Act?

The Medicines Act 1968 is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom, more properly: An Act to make new provision with respect to medicinal products and related matters, and for purposes connected therewith.

What is the importance of cheaper medicines act?

The Law intends to achieve better health outcomes for the Filipino people by assuring that quality medicines are accessible and affordable to as many Filipinos especially the poor.

What is the main objective of new drug policy?

The new Drug Policy and new Drug Law is aiming to address the needs to control both the public and the private sector, with the overarching aim to safeguard peoples health.

What are the three legal categories of medicines under the Medicines Act?

Pharmacy, prescription-only (POM), and general sale list (GSL) medicines: apply to move your medicine to a different classification.

What are the main points of the Medicines Act 1968?

The Medicines Act 1968 They can only be sold or supplied by a pharmacist if supplied by a doctor. Pharmacy medicines can be sold without a prescription but only by a pharmacist. General Sales List medicines can be sold by any shop, not just a pharmacy.

What are the two types of drugs?

The main categories are: stimulants (e.g. cocaine) depressants (e.g. alcohol)

What is the importance of the Cheaper Medicines Act or RA 9502?

It is the policy of the State to protect public health and, when the public interest or circumstances of extreme urgency so require, it shall adopt appropriate measures to promote and ensure access to affordable quality drugs and medicines for all.

Who authored cheaper medicine act?

Following its approval, Senator Mar Roxas, who was one of the principal authors of the new law, confidently predicted that it would bring “increased competition that will lead towards a lowering of prices as well as assuring quality medicines”.

What are important of drugs?

Medicines can help control things like high blood pressure (hypertension) or high cholesterol. These drugs don’t cure the underlying problem, but they can help prevent some of its body-damaging effects over time. Among the most important medicines are immunizations (or vaccines).

How many types of medicine are there?

There are three broad categories of medicines — over-the-counter (OTC) medicines, prescription medicines, and complementary medicines.

What are the 2 types of drugs?

Drugs can be categorised by the way in which they affect our bodies: depressants – slow down the function of the central nervous system. hallucinogens – affect your senses and change the way you see, hear, taste, smell or feel things.

How are drugs named?

Pharmaceutical names are assigned according to a scheme in which specific syllables in the drug name (called stems) convey information about the chemical structure, action, or indication of the drug.

What Republic Act specifically talks about cheaper medicines in the Philippines?

Republic Act No. 9502
Universally Accessible Cheaper and Quality Medicines Act of 2008 (Republic Act No. 9502)