Pharmacy division is split into 3 sub-divisions, known as:
- Pharmacy Enforcement Unit (PCU)
- Pharmacy Practice & Development (PPD)
- National Pharmacy Control Bureau (NPCB)
Pharmacy division in Malaysia has 4 roles and responsibilities to fulfill in the public sectors as stated below.
1. Establish drug registration and control of the pharmacy industry to ensure the quality of medications through NPCB.
2. Protect consumers from hazardous drugs, misleading advertisements and suspicious practices involving drug use and sale through legislation that controls importations and sales of medications in the country as well as pharmacy in practice.
3. Provide comprehensive pharmaceutical services regarding medications to ensure quality and effectiveness, besides from providing updated, rational and cost-effective medications parallel to today's world.
4. Consolidates the pharmacy activities by the establishment of National Medicine Policy (NMP).
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