Hi Sir Feria! On 12/27/06, Rom Feria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Dec 27, 2006, at 6:32 PM, Dean Michael Berris wrote: > > Because the government was buying generic drugs, the drug being > generic imposes that the formula was out in public. Had the drug not > been generic, would government require the formula in the procurement > of the drug? The government favors generic over non-generic drugs. If there is no generic available, then the government can purchase non-generics.
Aha! But it's not required that in the procurement of the drugs that the formula be revealed right? And that the reason generics are favored is that the cost of generics is generally smaller than the non-generics, right? Is there a specific law which states this, or is there just a "convention" commonly practiced and observed by the DOH? In the same light, cant the CICT just make a pronouncement and not have it written as law that the Philippine government favors FOSS over non-FOSS? And just please have the FOSS bill fix the laws and rules/protocols that need fixing to recognize FOSS, and not have the mandate of FOSS only in government written as law? -- Dean Michael C. Berris http://cplusplus-soup.blogspot.com/ mikhailberis AT gmail DOT com +63 928 7291459 _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
