HB 359

House·13th Congress·Filed Jul 1, 2004

An Act to Ensure the Affordability of Medicines and Health Care in the Philippines by Exempting from All Duties and Taxes the Sale, Importation, Processing, Repacking or Manufacturing of All Kinds of Pharmaceutical Products and Their Raw Materials Used in the Manufacture Thereof

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Matoy Barinaga
RepresentativeRoseller "Matoy" Barinaga
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HBN-00359 · Sources: BetterGov Open Congress

An Act to Ensure the Affordability of Medicines and Health Care in the Philippines by Exempting from All Duties and Taxes the Sale, Importation, Processing, Repacking or Manufacturing of All Kinds of Pharmaceutical Products and Their Raw Materials Used in the Manufacture Thereof

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