Nur Liyana Zainal Bahrin

The Unregistered Drugs Coverage in the Media in Malaysia: Content Analysis of the Public Newspapers

Newspaper is the most common media that can be used as a reference to know the current issues that happened in the countries. Also, there are a lot of articles about unregistered drugs published in newspapers in Malaysia. The purpose of this research to explore the content of the unregistered drugs in Malaysia based on the interviewee statements in the articles or news in the selected newspapers. The two most popular newspapers online available chosen (Kosmo and Utusan Malaysia newspaper online). About 56 articles identified for the year 2000 until 2014. The selected data was analysed using content analysis method. The production of unregistered drugs articles are increasing trend since 2000 until 2014. The findings from the content analysis indicate that majority of the articles are finally sub-categorized to certain themes which are, contributing factors, the impact of unregistered drugs and management of the unregistered drugs. The limited of references in this scope made these findings as benchmark findings. This findings used as the problem statement in designing research for the future to combat unregistered drugs in order to achieve authorities’ aims which are to provide the quality, safety and effective pharmaceutical products to the public. Received: 11-052016

Cost-Containment of Non-Formulary Medicines Accessibility: Malaysian Experience

Methods This study was designed to assess and review current practice and policy in the Malaysia pharmaceutical procurement procedures of non-formulary medicines. This was a quantitative study and was conducted in a cross-sectional study design. A purposive sampling method was applied in the study sample selection. The targeted samples to be involved in the selection were the public healthcare institutions in Malaysia. The study was conducted in the 13 major public hospitals in Malaysia. The data and information on the pharmaceutical procurement of nonformulary medicine management, financial allocation and expenditures on pharmaceuticals purchased in the selected facilities for the three consecutive years of 2011, 2012 and 2013 were collected and analysed statistically. The study has been conducted over a year. The study was carried out from February 2014 until February 2015. The study has been carried out in the major public hospitals in Malaysia focusing both on the out-patient and in-patient sectors.

The effective and innovative cost saving of software in managing unregistered drugs

Background The Annual Report of Enforcement Pharmacy raiding of unregistered drugs has shown an increasing trend since 2010 until 2012 and there is a possibility that the seized value will keep on increasing year by year. Furthermore, the Ministry of Health (MOH) has come out with the Malaysian National Medicines Policy (MNMP): one of the strategies in the policy is the management of counterfeit drugs and one of the solutions is to monitor the retailers and wholesalers through inspection. The main objective of this study is to develop software for managing unregistered drugs through an awareness programme and inspection activities.