The president of the Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture in Panama said that "... '[Ministers] told us they welcomed the proposal by the Chamber of Commerce to extend the health records of drugs that are expiring between August 14 2016 and August 15 2017. [This includes] all records of medicines already being marketed in Panama and whose formula has not changed.'"

Prensa.com reports that "...In this way, continued the entrepreneur, the Department of Pharmacy and Drugs at the MoH will "focus on new drugs that are needed and significantly lower the delay in the granting of permits".

Source: Prensa.com

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