Malaysia Expects to Triple the Numbers of Chinese Medical Travellers in the next 2 years Mrs W* (not her name to protect privacy) a Chinese national whose son, an only child, died in a road accident in July 2015. W and her husband tried to conceive through in-vitro fertilisation (IVF), but without any...
1 March 2017, Petaling Jaya – ​The Malaysian Pharmaceutical Society (MPS) has started a pledge encouraging all pharmacists to become Antibiotic Guardians in response to the antimicrobial resistance crisis. “MPS takes antimicrobial resistance (AMR) very seriously. We initiated this pledge as a follow up to our commitment towards addressing and...
Huge price gap between the government and private sectors currently and even higher than International Reference Price Meds price control will have strong impact on healthcare affordability MPS has long been fighting for some form of price control of medicines Petaling Jaya, 8 March 2017: ​The Malaysian Pharmaceutical Society...
Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council (MHTC) partnered up with Astro Awani and Pusat Darah Negara (PDN) to organize a blood donation drive. The blood donation drive is one of MHTC’s CSR initiatives to help with the need of supply in the blood bank, in conjunction with its ‘Share My...
30 December 2016 Puchong, Selangor –  A recent survey by the Malaysian Pharmaceutical Society shows that 77.6% of the respondents encountered problems using the Business Licensing Electronic Support System (BLESS) while 65.3% of the respondents have yet to receive their Annual Retention Certificate (ARC). Launched on 5 September 2008, BLESS...
Selangor, 25 September 2017  - “Pharmacists are involved in every aspect of medication management; from the beginning during the formulation period of a drug; right up to the end when the medication is given to the patient.” These were the words uttered by the Malaysian Pharmaceutical Society (MPS) President,...
Institut Onn Ja’afar will be donating RM250,000 of the fund received from the 5KM charity run to underprivileged children in Malaysia Institut Onn Ja’afar (IOJ) has launched the Malaysians United Run 2017 (MUR2017) earlier today, in support of underprivileged children in Malaysia. Held at the Sepang International Circuit (SIC), the...
Malaysian Pharmaceutical Society (MPS) recently celebrated its 50th Anniversary, with over 600 pharmacists nationwide attended the event Officiated by Datuk Dr. Shahnaz Binti Murad, Deputy Director General, Research and Technical Support, Ministry of Health Malaysia, the event highlighted MPS’ effort in championing important healthcare related issues, locally and...
Malaysia Healthcare was recognised for the excellent performance of our healthcare providers at the International Medical Travel Journal (IMTJ) Medical Travel Awards 2018 held in Athens yesterday. Malaysia Healthcare bagged nine out of the 15 awards contested. Among others, the Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council (MHTC) emerged triumphant as the...
27 September 2017, Puchong, Malaysia – Referring to the recent statements from the Health Minister on the Pharmacy Bill, President of the Malaysian Pharmaceutical Society, Amrahi Buang in a recent press release said, “Pharmacists and consumers are on the same page when it comes to the Pharmacy Bill; we...