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A robust IP system for promoting innovation and collaboration

Keynote Message by Atty. Rowel Barba, Director General, Intellectual Property Office  The Philippines’ Research and Development (R&D) innovation outputs in the life sciences have been steadily increasing. This was the observation of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) during the Asian Regional Conference-Applied Life Sciences...

Creating a regulatory environment that fosters innovation, health, and safety

Keynote Message by Dr. Samuel Zacate, Director General of the Food and Drug Administration It is indeed an honor to address you on behalf of the Food and Drug Administration, an agency dedicated to ensuring the safety, efficacy and quality of health products mandated...

Bringing the power of innovation to fruition

Keynote Message by Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go, Chairman, Senate Committee on Health and Demography I’m honored to extend my warmest greetings to all of you on this momentous launch of “The Power of Innovation: A Report on the Contributions of the Philippine Pharmaceutical...

Committing to Innovation and Collaboration

Keynote Message We successfully overcame COVID-19 and it’s through the help of all the people who helped us get the vaccines; the pharmaceutical companies that supported us. We were the only country that actually did a portfolio approach in vaccination and that was because the...

Pete Lacaba & Marra Lanot: On marriage and the muse

This Valentine’s month, we present to our readers a time capsule; a love story first put into words by noted journalist Pablo A. Tariman in a 1981 article published by the defunct Celebrity Magazine. It speaks of a time when multi-awarded writers Jose...

US Commerce Secretary meets with PHL labor leaders

Labor reiterates end to labor rights violations and pursues labor reforms toward making PHL a global worker-centered, investment hub Leaders and representatives from five major labor groups held recently a candid meeting with United Sates (US) Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo at the Raffles Hotel...

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Swedish Diplomacy, according to Ambassador Anna Ferry

(In an exclusive interview with the Philippines Graphic, Swedish Ambassador Anna Ferry shared her insights, experiences, and lessons for a mutually-beneficial partnership with the...

Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (FFCCCII) Statement on U.S. Tariff Measures and Safeguarding Philippine Economic Interests

Concern Over Unilateral Tariff Measures  The Federation of Filipino Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (FFCCCII) expresses grave concern regarding the United States' imposition...

Tilly’s birth will do us part: AI actor and the doomed commerce of inauthenticity

Previous era of the arts had subversiveness, vulgarity, and blasphemy as its main problems. Now its inauthenticity—the single remaining line that shouldn’t be crossed. In...

Hundreds of Metro Manila riders rally against Grab’s  management policy

Hundreds of food delivery riders held recently a unity ride in Quezon City to protest what they alleged as “unfair management practices by Grab.” Supported...