Pharmacy Board Malaysia

Date: 22 January 2026 - 12:51pm

Pharmacy Board of Malaysia

Registration of Pharmacist Act 1951 [Act 371] regulates the pharmacy profession in Malaysia, excluding Sabah, where it is not yet enforced. This  act  was enforced in Peninsular Malaysia on February 1, 1952, while Sarawak and WP Labuan began in  2009.

Pharmacy Board of Malaysia (PBM) was established in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of Act 371. This establishment serves to ensure the compliance of pharmacist and corporate organisation registrations with Act 371, to facilitate the coordination of ethical matters pertaining to pharmacists and corporate organisations, and to formally recognise the Pharmacy Degree Programme as stipulated in Schedule I of Act 371.

 

Section 3 Establishment and constitution of Pharmacy Board

 

  1.   There shall be established a Pharmacy Board consisting of the following members:

a)

the Director General of Health ex-officio;

 

b)

the Director of Pharmaceutical Services ex-officio;

 

c)

eight registered pharmacists in the public service, appointed by the Minister;

 

d)

three registered pharmacists from any higher educational institution offering a course or programme in pharmacy, appointed by the Minister;

 

e)

two registered pharmacists not in the public service, appointed by the Minister; and

 

f)

three registered pharmacists not in the public service, nominated by the association           representing pharmacists in private practice, approved and appointed by the Minister,

 

who shall be citizens of Malaysia.

 

 

Members of the Pharmacy Board of Malaysia

Ex-officio

 

1.

Datuk  Dr.  Mahathar  Bin Abd Wahab

Director  General  of  Health  Ministry of Health Malaysia

 

2.

Dr.  Azuana binti Ramli

Deputy Director General of Health (Pharmaceutical Services)

Pharmaceutical Services Program

 

 

Members (appointed by the Minister of Health)

3.

YBrs.  Mdm. Wan  Noraimi binti Wan Ibrahim

Director

National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency (NPRA)

 

4.

YBrs. Mdm. Rosliza binti Lajis

Deputy Director (Product & Cosmetic Assessment Center), NPRA

 

5.

YBrs. Mr. Mohd Zawawi bin Abdullah

Director of  Pharmacy  Enforcement  Division 

 

6.

YBrs. Mdm. Zuhaini binti Mukrim

Director of Pharmacy Practice & Development Division

 

7.

YBhg. Datin Hasnizan binti Hasan

Deputy Health State Director (Pharmacy) JKWPKL & Putrajaya

 

8.

YBrs. Mdm. Nor Anizah binti Osman

Deputy Health State Director (Pharmacy)  Sarawak

 

9.

YBhg.  Brigadier  General  Mohd  Adlan  bin  Adnan

Malaysian Armed Forces

 

10.

YBrs. Mr. Azmi bin Muhammad

Head of the Pharmacy Department, Universiti Teknologi Mara Hospital

 

11.

YBhg. Prof. Dato’ Dr. Abu Bakar Abdul Majeed                      

Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy, Universiti Teknologi Mara

 

12.

YBhg. Prof. Dr. Lua Pei Lin

Dean of  the Faculty of  Pharmacy, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA)

 

13.

YBrs. Dr. Renukha a/p Sellappans

Dean, Faculty of Pharmacy, Taylor’s University

 

14.

YBrs. Mr. Tan Yew Aik

Regional  Chief Executive  Officer  (Southern  and  East Malaysia)  IHH Healthcare Malaysia

 

15.

YBrs. Mdm.  Norhana  binti  Nawawi  Suri 

Site Director, Good Science Sdn. Bhd.

 

16.

YBhg. Prof  Datuk  Dr. Allan Mathews

Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy, Quest International University

 

17.

YBrs. Mr. Lim Jack Shen

Honorary Secretary of the Malaysian Pharmaceutical Society (MPS)

 

18.

YBrs. Mdm. Elaine Poon Siew Yan

Academy  Director, Big Caring Academy Sdn Bhd

 

 

 

Secretary

 

 

YBrs. Mdm.  Akmalyatun   Kamal   binti   Kamaruddin

Director

Pharmacy Board of Malaysia Division

 

 

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