FUNCTION AND SCOPE OF WORK

The Board meets once a month to deliberate on advertisement application that has been received for the month. The Board discusses each application and may decide on any of the following:

a. Approve an application without any changes.

b. Approve an application with changes.

c. Reject an application as being not suitable for publication.

d. Withhold decision subject to more information from the applicant or expert opinion from related agencies, associations or authorities.


In order to carry out its task, the Board has come out with Advertisement Guidelines. The Guidelines are intended to complement the provisions of the Medicines (Advertisement & Sale) Act 1956 and Medicine Advertisement Board Regulation 1976. The Board can review the guideline from time to time.



MEDICINE ADVERTISEMENT BOARD MEMBERS

a. Y. Bhg Tan Sri Dato' Seri  Dr. Haji Mohd. Ismail bin Merican 
     - Director General of Health, Ministry of Health Malaysia.

b. Pn. Eisah binti A. Rahman
     - Director of Pharmaceutical Services, Ministry of Health Malaysia

c. Dr. Nooraini binti Baba
     - Director of Medical Services, Ministry of Health Malaysia

d. Y. Bhg Dato' Dr. NKS Tharmaseelan 
    - Secretary, Malaysian Medical Association.

e. Dr. Mahadevan Thambyrajah
   - Secretary, Association of Private Hospitals of Malaysia.

f. Dr. Chang Keng Wee 
   - Secretary, Federation of Private Medical Practitioners Association

g. Dr. Chuah Siew Kee 
   - Physician, Hospital Sungai Buloh

h. Dr. Nor Azrina Azmi 
   - Senior Lecturer in Pharmacology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) 

i. Puan Siti Aida Abdullah
   - Pharmacist, National Pharmaceutical Control Bureau, Ministry of Health Malaysia.

j. Puan Kamilah binti Ahmad 
   - Officer, Ministry of Information Malaysia.

k. Puan Tan Lie Sie
   - Pharmacist, Pharmaceutical Services Division (As Secretary of MAB)

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