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The fate of the new pharmacy bill: going backwards or forwards?

Lee KS 1 , Lim YW 2 , Ming LC 3

Affiliations 

  • 1 Unit for Medication Outcomes Research and Education (UMORE), Pharmacy, School of Medicine, University of Tasmania, 7001 Hobart, Tasmania Australia
  • 2 School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Gelugor, Penang Malaysia
  • 3 Unit for Medication Outcomes Research and Education (UMORE), Pharmacy, School of Medicine, University of Tasmania, 7001 Hobart, Tasmania Australia ; Vector-borne Diseases Research Group (VERDI), Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences Community of Research, Faculty ofPharmacy, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 42300 Puncak Alam, Selangor Malaysia
J Pharm Policy Pract, 2016;9:25.
PMID: 27688885 DOI: 10.1186/s40545-016-0081-7

Abstract

The proposed Pharmacy Bill of Malaysia which served to consolidate and harmonise the existing pharmacy legislation which has been used for more than 60 years. This new Pharmacy Bill contains 17 parts and a total of 170 legislative sections covering laws governing pharmacy practice, medicinal products classification, registration, sale, supply, licensing etc. Our article could serve as a case study on pharmacy jurisprudence and drug regulation as well as the governance for medicines.

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