3Rs For Innovating Novel Antibiotics

The dearth of novel antibiotics poses challenges to the treatment of bacterial infection and points to shortcomings in the system of pharmaceutical innovation. In a recently published article in the British Medical Journal, ”3Rs for innovating…

Response to Medias for Selling OTC Drugs Polls in Convenience Stores

Date of Pharmacist Weekly: 101.0402-0408 No.: No.1763 Source: http://www.taiwan-pharma.org.tw/weekly/1763/ Translator: Liu Tingyi Date of Translation: 04252012 Content: In response to the Media published “convenience…

Western Pacific Closes in on Its Measles Elimination Target

MANILA, 23 APRIL 2012 -The World Health Organization is closing in on its goal of eliminating measles in the Western Pacific Region by the end of this year. "The Western Pacific is on track to become the next WHO Region to eliminate measles,"…

New Plan to Control and Eliminate Measles and Rubella

24 April 2012 A new global strategy aims to reduce measles deaths and congenital rubella syndrome to zero. The strategy comes with the publication of new data using a state-of-the-art methodology showing that efforts to reduce measles deaths…

Animal Tests on Tumor Drug Finished

Apr 14, 2012 A medical research team has completed animal testing on a drug that fights an aggressive type of brain tumor and found that the average life expectancy of mice doubled after they were treated, the leader of the research team said…

PSS Annual Report 2011 / 2012

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106th PSS Council Formed

22 April 2012 Following the recent Annual General Meeting which was held in York Hotel on 17-Mar-2012, a new set of PSS Council has been formed to lead the 106th PSS Council. There were 12 nominations fielded for the 12 positions, and at the…

Policy Will Not Be Implemented if Unsuitable

23-Apr-2012 However, government spending for health will increase from 2.11 per cent of GDP in 2007 to an estimated 2.85 per cent of GDP or RM13.6 billion to RM23.4 billion in 2007. “We have a healthcare system that is not heavily privatised,…

1Care Monopoly

23-Apr-2012 Only accredited pharmacies can dispense medicines under proposed scheme, sparking fears of higher healthcare costs PETALING JAYA: The 1Care national healthcare scheme (1Care for 1Malaysia) will see “preferred” pharmacies…

Doctors Differ on Medical Points System

23-Apr-2012 PETALING JAYA: Medical practitioners do not all agree with the Health Ministry's proposed Continuous Professional Development (CPD) points system. Some said the system, which stipulates doctors must collect a certain number of points…