Consumer Information

Consumer Information

Introduction:

Pharmacist has evolved from product focused to been patient focused and in a community pharmacy, it is a “Consumer-focused” setting. 

The Western Pacific Pharmaceutical Forum has collected Consumer focusing websites of its membership countries in the following 3 areas: 

1. Drug Information for Consumers

2. Patient Safety Links 

3. National Consumer Non-Government (Non-Profit) Organizations

Country

Drug Information for Consumers

Patient Safety Links

National Consumer Non-Government (Non-Profit) Organizations

Australia

National Prescribing Service

(www.nps.org.au)

Consumers Health Forum

(www.chf.org.au)

Therapeutic Goods Administration GA’s consumer section(www.tga.gov.au/consumer/index.htm)

Choice

(www.choice.com.au)

Government’s Healthinsite

(www.healthinsite.gov.au)

 

Japan

Information system on safety and effectiveness for health foods (http://hfnet.nih.go.jp/)

Description: Operated by National Institute of Health and Nutrition. The objective of the website is to provide information on food and its ingredients, food safety and to prevent health hazard attributed to health food.

Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA)

http://www.pmda.go.jp/

 

RAD-AR Council, Japan
(http://www.rad-ar.or.jp/)

 

 

Japan Self-Medication Data-base Center [Japanese] (http://jsm-db.info/)

Description: Contains non-prescription drug information and online search.

 

 

Korea

Korean Pharmaceutical Association

(http://www.kpanet.or.kr)

Korea Food & Drug Administration

(http://www.kfda.go.kr/)

Health Right Network

(http://www.konkang21.or.kr)

 

Korea Pharmaceutical Information Center

(http://www.health.kr)

 

Consumers Korea

(http://www.cacpk.org)

Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service

(http://www.hira.or.kr/)

 

 

Taiwan

Department of Health Medication Info Website:(http://drug.doh.gov.tw/index2.php)

Department of Health Patient Safety Website:(http://www.patientsafety.doh.gov.tw/)

Consumers’ Foundation, Chinese Taipei:(http://www.consumers.org.tw/)

Vietnam

Drug Administration of Vietnam:(http://www.dav.gov.vn)

 

The Drug Administration of Vietnam is responsible for registration of domestic and foreign drugs; for licensing of pharmaceutical practices; for information of drug use and quality of drugs; for management of drug price and other problems concerning pharmaceutical sector.

This organization can give information about names, the use of drugs and drug prices for consumers. Contact mail:[email protected]

Institute of Medico-Pharmaceutical Information: (http://www.cimsi.org.vn)

This institute not only supplies medical information for scientists, but also gives common information on healthcare for consumers, patient safety. At the same time we have a journal of Clinical Pharmacy and have good relation with INRUD in Helsinki. Contact mail: [email protected]

National consumer protection association:(http://www.nguoitieudung.com.vn)

Vietnam Standard Consumers Association (VINASAS) takes care about quality of goods and answers on complaint of consumers about all kinds of goods. But we ask him to give one part of their page for the drug consumers. This web has English language also. Contact mail:[email protected]