Pharmacy Board Malaysia

Date: 17 September 2026 - 2:11pm

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. Rosliza binti Lajis

Deputy Director (Product & Cosmetic Assessment Center), (NPRA)

 

4.

YBrs. Mr. Mohd Zawawi bin Abdullah

Director of Pharmacy Enforcement Division

 

5.

YBrs. Mdm Zuhaini binti Mukrim

Director of  Pharmacy  Practice & Development Division

 

6.

YBhg. Datin Hasnizan binti Hasan

Deputy Health State Director (Pharmacy) JKWPKL & Putrajaya

 

7.

YBrs. Mdm. Nor Anizah binti Osman

Deputy Health State Director (Pharmacy) Sarawak

 

8.

Mdm. Munira binti Muhammad

Deputy Director, Pharmacy Policy and Strategic Planning Division 

Pharmaceutical Services Programme

 

9.

YBhg.  Brigadier  General  Mohd  Adlan  bin  Adnan

Malaysian Armed Forces

 

10.

YBrs. Mr. Nur Azmi bin Badarulzaman

Head of the Pharmacy Department, Hospital Al-Sultan A

 

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.

Mr. Lim Jack Shen

Honorary Secretary of the Malaysia Pharmacists Society (MPS)

 

17.

Mdm. Elaine Poon Siew Yan

Academy Director, Big Caring Academy Sdn. Bhd.

 

18.

YBhg. Prof. Ts. Dr. Mai Chun Wai

Institute for Research, Development and Innovation (IRDI)

IMU University

 

 

 

Secretary

 

 

YBrs. Mr. Mohd Azaruddin bin Azis

Director

Pharmacy Board of Malaysia Division

 

 

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