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Drug pricing and healthcare costs: govt must address ‘evergreening’ of patents, break procurement monopoly

As part of keeping healthcare costs reasonable, local manufacturing of pharmaceuticals must also be encouraged, including foreign investments

Consider pooling system for drug procurement, former health DG suggests

The former health DG said that pooling of resources could be a way for the government to bring down costs

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FIFA slams FAM: Forged documents, fines and 12-month suspension rattles Malaysian football

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