Senatorial bet seeks price cap on Covid-19 pills
(File photo) MANILA - Partido Reporma senatorial candidate Dr. Minguita Padilla urged the governmentto put a cap on the price of anti-coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) drug molnupiravir and educate the public more about its proper use to prevent them from buying counterfeit anti-Covid-19 pills. Padilla was reacting to reports that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was clamping down on fake Covid-19 medicines being sold in neighborhood stores. "At present the price of 40 tablets of molnupiravir, the number needed for a complete course, ranges from PHP6,000 to PHP13,000, depending on...