13 August 2021
Community pharmacists do more than just dispense medicines. They often provide advice and services related to healthy living – an essential part of public education and awareness.
Tag: pharmacists
11 June 2021
The Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (KPDNHEP) has instructed community pharmacies to apply for permission to operate during the lockdown from MITI’s CIMS 3.0 system.
1 June 2021
DOC2US's ePharmacy service eases public access to health care practitioners by providing ultra-convenient medication delivery within two hours in the Klang Valley.
12 March 2021
Community pharmacists are placed in the second category of frontliners, together with private GPs and dentists, among others, says Dr Adham Baba.
11 January 2021
The inclusion of community pharmacists as vaccine immunisers in Malaysia with a population of 32 million and millions of foreign and undocumented workers is an incredibly significant move to achieve herd immunity for the Covid-19 pandemic.
12 November 2020
Alice Lau, a pharmacist, wants MOH to explain if people are allowed to buy prescription medicines from DoctorOnCall’s online pharmacy without physically meeting a doctor.
12 November 2020
Alice Lau says the shift of allocations for MOH programmes to lump-sum budgets may cause a patient’s condition to deteriorate, while they wait for medication that can only be obtained upon approval by higher-ups.
5 November 2020
MOH needs to take into account the interests of various stakeholders and the implication of the amendments before tabling amendments to the Poisons Act that regulates medicines, says Dr Adham Baba.
4 November 2020
Under proposed amendments to the Poisons Act 1952, doctors, dentists, and vets violating mandatory prescriptions upon request face maximum five years' jail, up to RM50,000 fine, or both.
25 September 2020
We have seen many innovative value-added pharmaceutical services for the rakyat.