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02/20/2014
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The rate of 34 % on drug prices in Brazil is one of the largest in the world
The campaign " No tax is medicine" , organized by the Brazilian Association of Pharmacies and Drugstores Networks ( Abrafarma ) and the Association of the Pharmaceutical Industry Research ( Interfarma ) , managed to collect 2.6 million signatures calling for the tax exemption for medicines . The petition will be delivered in the Legislative Assembly of São Paulo on Thursday , the 20th.
The document notarized , was delivered last Wednesday in Brasilia to the presidents of the Chamber of Deputies , Henrique Eduardo Alves ( PMDB -RN ) , and the Senate , Renan ( PMDB - AL ) . The signatures were collected in notebooks that were available to customers six thousand pharmacies nationwide .
According Interfarma the rate of 34 % makes Brazil one of the world champions in taxes on medicines
- Being a market regulated by the government , if today's medicines were free of taxation , would immediately about 30 % cheaper for the end consumer - explains Antonio Britto , chief executive of the entity .
Read more : http://extra.globo.com/noticias/economia/abaixo-assinado-coleta-26-milhoes-de-assinaturas-contra-impostos-nos-precos-dos-medicamentos-11654758.html#ixzz2trTZQbZq
Source : Extra - Online
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