Ayala Healthcare Holdings Inc. (AC Health), through AC Health Pharma, has forged a strategic partnership with one of the largest pharmacy groups in Asia, Sugi Holdings, to bring Japan’s high-quality and novel pharmacy products to the Philippines. In a statement, AC Health noted that Sugi Holdings...
It began simply as a personal passion for fitness and entrepreneurship. This passion has grown into The Bigway Group, a rapidly expanding organization led by 35-year-old Justinn Sze. At a young age, Sze has pioneered a diverse enterprise that spans the sports and fitness industry to the...
The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has denied the petition of Zuellig Pharma Asia Pacific Ltd. Phils. ROHQ which sought a P59.8 million tax credit or refund from the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR). Zuellig Pharma wanted the P59,809,336.79 refunded or credited as it reportedly represented its excess...
Aiming to bring down the prices of medicines, President Marcos has ordered the establishment of pharmaceutical economic zones or “pharma-zones” in the country. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) Marcos said pharma-zones will address the development and...
Interpharma Investments Limited, holding company of leading healthcare services provider Zuellig Pharma, announced the appointment of Alfonso “Chito” Zulueta as Non-Executive Chairman of its Board, effective 1 June 2023. Alfonso ‘Chito’ Zulueta Zulueta succeeds Mr. Patrick Davies, who...
Outgoing Senator Panfilo M. Lacson said the Office of the Ombudsman could unilaterally initiate an investigation into the alleged corruption-laden, multi-billion-peso Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. Covid-19 pandemic contracts. Lacson, chairman of the Senate national defense and security committee,...
Senator Richard Gordon on Friday said the Filipino people got shortchanged after the draft committee report on the questionable procurement of alleged overpriced Covid-19 supplies by the government with Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation failed to get the approval of the Senate. Gordon, chairman...
Two Pharmally Pharmaceutical corporation executives will come out of the Pasay City jail on June 3 with their heads held high ‘’unbroken and unbowed.’’ This was the statement issued today (May 17) by lawyer Vonn Rico Kapunan, lawyer of Mohit Dargani, treasurer, and Linconn Ong, auditor, who...
The incarcerated officials of Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. deserve no pity after siphoning P12-billion off the national coffers, Sen. Richard Gordon said. Gordon, chairman of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee, said this in response to Linconn Ong and Mohit Dargani's recent plea to Senate President...
Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III on Wednesday (April 4) said he has yet to see the request of two detained Pharmally Pharmaceuticals corporation executives to be released from the Pasay city jail and planted instead under house arrest. ‘'Ang nabasa ko ay ang report sa dyaryo na dinedemanda...
Partido Reporma standard-bearer Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said he has signed the partial committee report of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee’s investigation into the multi-billion scandal involving the Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. and the government but said he signified his “strong...
An official from Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation told the Senate blue ribbon committee on Tuesday that it the company has yet to be fully paid by the government for the COVID-19 supplies they purchased from the firm. Mohit Dargani, Pharmally’s corporate secretary and treasurer, said the...