prescription medicine Archives

6 August 2025

Malaysia

Naccol ‘Mandates’ Doctors’ Prescriptions, Itemised Billing In Private Medical Clinics

KPDN Deputy Minister Fuziah Salleh tells Parliament that Naccol has mandated doctors’ prescriptions and itemised billing in private medical clinics, in line with the new drug price display mandate. Prescriptions are now mandatory for “every consultation”.

24 October 2022

World

How Social Factors Affect Over-Prescription In India

Increasing use of antidepressants in India stems not only from pharmaceutical company marketing. Social stigma and economics are pushing people to take a pill.

3 June 2022

Malaysia

MP Expects MOH Facilities To Ration Medicines Amid Shortage

Charles Santiago believes public clinics and hospitals will reduce dispensing of drugs from three months’ worth to one month, then two weeks, forcing extra visits and travel costs for patients.

2 June 2022

Malaysia

Malaysia Facing Medicine Shortages, Potential Price Hikes From China Lockdowns, Russia-Ukraine War

Malaysian pharmaceutical suppliers expect worsening shortages not only of OTC drugs, but medicines across all therapeutic segments in the mid- to long-term.

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Naccol ‘Mandates’ Doctors’ Prescriptions, Itemised Billing In Private Medical Clinics

How Social Factors Affect Over-Prescription In India

MP Expects MOH Facilities To Ration Medicines Amid Shortage

Malaysia Facing Medicine Shortages, Potential Price Hikes From China Lockdowns, Russia-Ukraine War

Pork Importers Back Pig Farming Ban In Selangor

Time To Phase Out Colonial-Era PTD Scheme From Malaysia’s Civil Service

Sultan Sharafuddin Wants Total Pig Farming Ban In Selangor

Half Of EPF Members Have Under RM50,000, KWAP Warns Of ‘Optimism Bias’

Critical Manpower Shortage, Unsafe Working Conditions At HTAR Klang — Medical Officer