Health

Puchong, 5 September - The Malaysian Pharmaceutical Society (MPS) rejects the Malaysia Singapore Coffee Shop Proprietors’ General Association’s suggestion to restore cigarette pack sizes to less than 20 sticks (kiddies pack) for the Malaysian market, in efforts to reduce the circulation of illegal cigarettes. In a statement released by MPS,...

Shah Alam, 5 October 2022 - The Columbia Asia Group of Hospitals launches their first cancer center in Bukit Rimau. With the opening of their new center, they also unveiled the Breaking Barriers initiative, a holistic approach to cancer care that addresses three major gaps relating to this disease:...

Kuala Lumpur, 8 March 2023 – Sunsuria Bhd has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine (NJUCM) to work on the development, promotion and marketing of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). The MoU will see the two parties working together on three primary areas, with...

KumoDoc™, a cutting-edge practice management software poised to transform primary care clinics by harnessing the power of technology. KUALA LUMPUR, 20 July 2023- In today's rapidly evolving world and era of swift technological progress, traditional healthcare models have demonstrated their inefficiency, inaccessibility, and outdated nature. Rising up to these challenges,...

KUALA LUMPUR, September 18, 2017 – With increased hyperconnectivity and medical technology that transcend beyond borders, travel and healthcare has become synonymous with internationalism. Patients looking for higher standards of treatment or cheaper alternatives can now admit themselves into medical institutions overseas thus getting the care they want and...

Kuala Lumpur: Co-founders of ENYA, Izara Aishah and Elaine Hong alongside other influential women such as Yise Loo, Tya Arifin and Adeline Tsen came together to celebrate the official launch of ENYA at Saro Lounge on the 11th of September 2019. During the event, attendees had conversations about menstruation with...

Kuala Lumpur, 3 August 2021 - FIND, the global alliance for diagnostics, is partnering with the Ministry of Health (MoH) Malaysia, the Malaysian AIDS Council (MAC), World Health Organization (WHO) and the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) to launch a hepatitis C virus self-testing impact study in Malaysia. Shared...

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,...

PETALING JAYA, 21 October 2023: Female breast cancer has surpassed lung cancer in frequency of new cancer diagnosis worldwide in 2020, in Asia alone, that makes up 22.9% of new cases1. In Asia, more women die of breast cancer than the rest of the world combined. Closer to home,...

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...