Table of Contents:

• MOH Drug Formulary
• Drugs Not Listed in MOH Drug Formulary/Special Request Drugs
• Members of MoH Drug Formulary Review Panel
• Flow Chart for Request of Drug to be Listed into MoH Drug Formulary
• Guidelines for MOH Drug Formulary

MOH Drug Formulary

Ministry of Health Drug Formulary consist of drugs approved for use in all hospitals/Institutions in the Ministry of Health, Malaysia. The Formulary is to promote rational, cost-effective use of drugs whereby newer and effective drugs were introduced in a controlled manner so as to minimize wastages and funds set aside for the purchase of drugs are optimally used.

Drugs in this formulary are classified according to WHO ATC (Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical) classification system and coded with Malaysian Drug Code (MDC) for identification. MDC is made up of ATC code(7 digit), base/salt code (3 digit) , dosage form code (3 digit), concentration code (2 digit) and brand code (2 digit) which is currently designated as XX in this formulary.

The drugs in the formulary are listed according to generic names .The brand name is given only as an example.

Category Of Prescribers

The category of prescriber authorized to initiate the prescription for the drug is listed below. Dental Consultant ,Dental specialist and Dental Officers are also included in this category but for the drugs used in dental treatment only.

A*	-	Consultant/Specialists for specific Indications only
A	-	Consultant/Specialists
A/KK	-	Consultant/Specialists/Family Physician Specialists
B	-	Medical Officers
C	-	Paramedical staff
C+	-	Paramedical Staff doing midwifery
* MoH Drug Formulary

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Drugs Not Listed in MOH Drug Formulary/Special Request Drugs

Use of drugs not listed in MOH Drug Formulary are not allowed in all MOH hospitals/instituitions unless approval had been given by the Director General of Health.

Use of unregistered drugs as a last resort  and in life saving cases, after all registered drugs had been exhausted require the approval of Director General of Health.

• Form for Special Request Drug (word, pdf)
• Guideline  (doc)

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Members of MoH Drug Formulary Review Panel

Director General of Health Malaysia	-	Chairman
Deputy Director General of Health (Medical Services)	-	Member
Senior Director of Pharmaceutical Services	-	Member
8 Consultants in Public Service	-	Member
2 Pharmacists in Public Service	-	Member
A Senior Pharmacist in Public Service	-	Secretary

The MoH Drug List Review Panel will meet two to three times per year to consider proposals received from the States / Institution Drug Committees. The Panel is assissted by Technical Drug Working Committees from various specialized disciplines.

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Flow Chart for Request of Drug to be Listed into MoH Drug Formulary

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