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28 October 2025

Malaysia

Trade Deal Leapfrogs US Drugs, Medical Devices Into Malaysia Market

The Malaysia-US reciprocal trade agreement creates an express lane for local registration of medicines and medical devices manufactured in the US, as Malaysia must accept US FDA certs and prior marketing authorisations as sufficient for local requirements.

30 September 2025

Malaysia

MOPI Touts Generics Use In Private Health Care

MOPI touts the use of quality, affordable generics in private health care. If there's a generic/biosimilar option, this must be offered to empower patient choice. "The availability of generics and biosimilars expands, rather than limits, treatment options."

23 June 2025

Malaysia

MOF Says Cannabis Still Illegal Despite 5% SST

MOF says cannabis remains an illegal drug in Malaysia, despite the levy of a 5% sales tax on two plant products under SST: “The Government of Malaysia did not change any laws regarding cannabis." VAT in the EU generally doesn't apply to illegal narcotics.

14 April 2025

Malaysia

Pharmaniaga Engaging With Vendors, Suppliers Amid Tariff War

Pharmaniaga is engaging with local and international vendors and suppliers to evaluate any potential implications from US tariffs. Pharmaniaga doesn't directly export to the US. The US commerce secretary said yesterday pharmaceutical tariffs are coming.

24 January 2025

Malaysia

MOH Proposes Jumpstarting Local Pharmaceutical Investments With Three-Year Contracts

Under its proposed off-take policy, MOH moots offering 3-year contracts to encourage local pharmaceutical companies to produce critical off-patent drugs that currently only have one supplier, so as to get better prices and boost the local pharma industry.

21 January 2025

Letter

Inspect Pharmacies Using E-Prescription Services — Malaysian Medical Association

MMA demands strict inspections and audits on all pharmacies utilising e-prescription services, citing reports of patients getting medicines without valid prescriptions, potentially violating the Poisons Act. NCD management is more than medicine dispensing.

8 July 2024

Letter

Enhancing The Drug Dependants Bill For A Holistic Approach — Dr Prem Kumar Shanmugam

Counselling psychologist Dr Prem Kumar Shanmugam says assigning AADK, which lacks expertise, more responsibilities under the drug dependants bill may not be effective, while there are insufficient experts/ doctors in MOH to support methadone distribution.

23 November 2023

Malaysia

Adeeba: Ending AIDS Impossible Without Engaging People Who Use Drugs

Prof Dr Adeeba Kamarulzaman says without engaging people who inject drugs (PWIDs), ending AIDS by 2030 will "remain a pipe dream". A new GCDP report urges countries to decriminalise drug use. Only 54.5% of PWIDs with HIV in Malaysia currently receive ART.

20 October 2023

Malaysia

Government Saved Nearly RM80 Million Through Pool Procurement Of Medicines: MOH Official

Pool procurement between MOH, six teaching hospitals, and a military hospital to collectively purchase, as a single buyer, 82 drugs from 2020 to 2022 had saved the government RM79.6 million, says an MOH official.

25 April 2023

World

Study: French Drug Injection Rooms Cut ER Visits And Crime

A French study on drug consumption rooms (DCRs) in Paris and Strasbourg – where people inject drugs safely – shows less overdoses, shared needles, abscesses, ER visits, public drug use, and crime, compared to cities without DCRs.

Tag: drugs

Trade Deal Leapfrogs US Drugs, Medical Devices Into Malaysia Market

MOPI Touts Generics Use In Private Health Care

MOF Says Cannabis Still Illegal Despite 5% SST

Pharmaniaga Engaging With Vendors, Suppliers Amid Tariff War

MOH Proposes Jumpstarting Local Pharmaceutical Investments With Three-Year Contracts

Inspect Pharmacies Using E-Prescription Services — Malaysian Medical Association

Enhancing The Drug Dependants Bill For A Holistic Approach — Dr Prem Kumar Shanmugam

Adeeba: Ending AIDS Impossible Without Engaging People Who Use Drugs

Government Saved Nearly RM80 Million Through Pool Procurement Of Medicines: MOH Official

Study: French Drug Injection Rooms Cut ER Visits And Crime

Bleak Future For Malaysia’s Health Assurance Industry — Dr Mohamed Rafick Khan

Nutritionists: Follow Malaysia’s Scientific Food Pyramid, Not US Inverted Pyramid

CodeBlue’s View: Doctors Must Follow The Law. Period.

Transfer Allowance Opened To Contract Doctors, Pharmacists, Dentists With 2025 Permanent Appointments: Minister

Digital Ministry Opens RM87m Tender For MySejahtera App Maintenance Over Three Years