Drug and Medicine

The World Health Organization (WHO) and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have commenced distribution of critically-needed childhood cancer medicines in 2 of 6 pilot countries, through the Global Platform for Access …

Procurement Improvement Guideline – 2081 The Ministry of Health and Population has released the Procurement Improvement Guidelines – 2081, aimed at enhancing the procurement and management of medicines, equipment, and …

The Health Insurance Board in Nepal includes a variety of medicines in its benefit package. Here is the list of medicines available under the Health Insurance Benefit Package in Nepal. …

The Health Sciences Authority (HSA), Singapore; the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS), Republic of Korea; and the Swiss Agency for Therapeutic Products (Swissmedic), Switzerland are the first three …

WHO Model Lists of Essential Medicines The WHO Model Lists of Essential Medicines are updated every two years by the Expert Committee on Selection and Use of Essential Medicines. The …

The Department of Health Services (DoHS), Ministry of Health and Population has released a new guideline on Safely Dispose of Unused or Expired Medicine, Chemicals and Medicine related Commodities 2078. …

Developers of traditional and nontraditional agents intended against pathogens on the WHO BPPL and against other medically important pathogens are encouraged to submit their data Introduction  In January 2020 WHO …

The Department of Drug Administration (DDA) has updated the list of WHO GMP Certified Pharmaceutical Companies in Nepal. Here is the updated list of registered pharmaceutical companies that are certified for World …

WHO is releasing an urgent call to action to countries to prevent, detect and respond to incidents of substandard and falsified medical products.   Over the past four months, countries …

29 November 2022  Geneva/Manila/Seoul The World Health Organization (WHO) announces that the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, Republic of Korea, has achieved maturity level four (ML4), the highest level …