Type Of Boards Involving The Pharmaceutical Sector

The boards include:

• Pharmacy Board
• Poison Board
• Medicine Advertisement Board

Pharmacy Board acts under the Registration Of Pharmacies Act. It controls the registration and suspension of pharmacies and pharmacists. Besides, it plays a major role in setting up training premises as well as qualifications required for new pharmacies and pharmacists.

On the other hand, Poison Board works with the chemical and medication classifications. It functions to advise the Ministry Of Health on 4 major issues:

• Classifying new chemicals and medications into the Scheduled Poison List
• Removing a chemical or medication from the Poison List
• Altering the classification of a Scheduled Poison
• Altering the list of Psychotropic Substances
• Enforcing the Poison Act and its registrations

Medicine Advertisement Board is set up solely for controlling and authenticating advertisements regarding medications.