Cheap Thailand's medicines

Posted on May 29, 2006 - Filed Under Punch Forum |

Jose Ceralde
mainit@verizon.net
29 May 2006

Alex,
I was reading this article about medicine and the government of Thailand’s subsidy in the following source;

MANILA BULLETIN SOCIETY 28 MAY 06
Bangkok: More exciting than ever
BY RIKKI AFABLE JIMENEZ
Last sentences in the article.

“Lastly, I discovered that medicines are far cheaper in Thailand than in Manila because the government subsidizes it.
I bought my Coversyl 4 mg. at R22 only (which are sold at R36.75 in Manila) and Norvasc 5 mg. at R26 (which is R44.75 in Manila).”

Since you are the subject matter expert on medical product and the distribution thereof, do you think this is legal without repercussion of trade practices on free trade and investigations from WTO?