Section 40June 6, 2008, Sec./Art. 40

Section 11 of Republic Act No. 6675, otherwise known as the Generics Act of 1988, is hereby amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 11. Education Drive. - The Department of Health jointly with the Philippine Information Agency and the Department of the Interior and Local Government shall conduct a continuous information campaign for the public and a continuing education and training for the medical and allied medical professions on drugs with generic names as an alternative of equal efficacy to the more expensive brand name drugs. Such educational campaign shall include information on the illnesses or symptoms which each generically named drug is supposed to cure or alleviate, as well as in contraindications. The Department of Health with the assistance of the Department of the Interior and Local Government and the Philippine Information Agency shall monitor the progress of the education drive, and shall submit regular reports to Congress."