New Act to Be a Bitter Pill

01-Jan-2012 The ministry's Pharmaceutical Services Division director of pharmacy enforcement Mohd Hatta Ahmad said current laws like the Poisons Act 1952, Sale of Drugs Act 1952 and the Control of Drugs and Cosmetic Regulations 1984 were archaic…

Help for Sendong’s Victims

Dear Fellow Pharmacists and Local PPhA Chapters, The PPhA National Officers are soliciting your help and support for our colleagues & their families in the typhoon affected areas of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan city. Let us show our support in…

Pharmatech 2012- International Conference & Exhibition On Pharmaceutical

The conference sets to act as a meeting point for integrating scientific knowledge from the perspectives of dosage form design, material synthesis, drug discovery, formulation, processing technology, manufacturing design, clinical trial, in-vitro…

Pharmacists Unfairly Blamed

WE read "Malacca Hospital gets more funds" (The Star, Dec 12) and "Hospitals in Malacca out of medicine" (The Star, Dec 7) with dismay. While the pharmacy profession was not named specifically in the articles, the comments unfairly paint the…

Malacca Hospital Gets More Funds

PUTRAJAYA: The medicine shortage at the Malacca Hospital has been resolved as additional funds were disbursed to the hospital last month. Health director-general Datuk Seri Dr Hasan Abdul Rahman, however, said he was not satisfied with the slow…

Medicine Shortage due to Allocation Delay

Compiled by LIM WEY WEN, NG SI HOOI and A. RAMAN THE recent medicine shortage at the Malacca Hospital was due to a delay in the Health Ministry's allocation for the purchase of new supply, Kosmo! reported. Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Ali…

Hospitals in Malacca Out of Medicine

MALACCA: The state government has promised fresh supply of medicine at public hospitals following a shortage which caused misery to patients for nearly a month. State Health, Project Rehabilitation, Suburban Development and NGO committee chairman…

Rising Costs: Even the Rich Go to Govt Health Centres

I REFER to the letter "Health should not be only about wealth" (NST, Nov 11). Though enlightening, the reality is far more complex. The suggestion to keep costs minimal and manageable is a daunting task as there are many players involved in…

2012 25th Feb. Update Quick Take!

Main News: 2012 FIP Registration is NOW OPEN NPS-Dangerous Drugs Online: Counterfeits and Undeclared Ingredients NPS-Asia-Pacific Scholarship Offered for NMS 2012 WHO Drug safety alert No125 Feb,2012 News Update: Asia Pacific Conference…

Children of Drug Addicts Abused

Thu, Feb 16, 2012  Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Alicia Wang  yesterday called on the government to pay more attention to children in families whose parents are drug addicts, as they are more likely to become the victims of abuse.…