Mission
To lead a dynamic pharmacy service emphasizing on the highest level of integrity, professionalism and excellence, that meets the aspiration and challenges of the nation.

Organisation
Pharmaceutical Services Division is a division under the Research and Technical Support Program within the Ministry of Health Malaysia organization. It handles 3 major component national activities namely:

• Quality assurance of pharmaceuticals
  
• Licensing and enforcement
  
• Pharmaceutical care management
  

The Pharmaceutical Services Division in the Ministry of Health ensures that the Malaysian public is accessible to quality, safe, efficacious and affordable pharmaceutical and healthcare products including advice in using them rationally. In this context, the division plays the following 3 major roles :

• Contributing directly towards public health through quality assurance whereby the Pharmaceutical Services Division, through the National Pharmaceutical Control Bureau, is responsible for regulating the pharmaceutical industry. This is to ensure that pharmaceutical products conform to acceptable standards of quality, safety and efficacy before they are registered; and that all premises and practices employed to manufacture, store and distribute these products comply with the required standards till they are delivered to the end users.
• Enforcement of related acts and regulations.
• Provision of pharmaceuticals for hospitals and health clinics under the Ministry of Health. Ensuring a patient-focused service through the concept of Pharmaceutical Care. The ultimate aim is to ensure provision of optimum drug therapy, both by contributing to the preparation/manufacture, supply and control of medicines and associated products, and by providing information and advice to those who prescribe or use pharmaceutical products.
  

Programme Objectives

• To ensure pharmaceutical products that are permitted to be marketed locally are safe, efficacious and of quality as well as to ensure that cosmetics that are permitted to be marketed are safe.
• To ensure that the manufacture, importation, sale, supply, management and use of pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and healthcare products are conducted according to the existing acts and regulations viz:
  • The Poisons Act 1952 (Revised 1989) and Regulations.
  • The Sales of Drugs Act 1952 (Revised 1989) and Regulations.
  • The Medicines (Advertisement and Sales) Act 1956 (Revised 1983) and Regulations.
  • The Registration of Pharmacists Act 1951 (Revised 1989) and Regulations.
  • The Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 (Revised 1980) and Regulations.
    
    
• To ensure that the patients undergoing treatment in the public healthcare facilities of the Ministry of Health receive "Total Pharmaceutical Care".
• To ensure that public education in the rational use of drugs is continually improved.
  

Address:

Pharmaceutical Services Division, Ministry of Health Malaysia
Locked Bag No. 924, Jalan Sultan Post Office,
46790 Petaling Jaya, Selangor
Tel : 03-7968 2200
Fax : 03-7968 2222
Email : pharmacy1@moh.gov.my
Website : www.pharmacy.gov.my