PETALING JAYA: The big fight against the sale of drugs and illicit substances on ecommerce platforms is being beefed up with a specific law in the pipeline.
PETALING JAYA: A total of 61,822 unlawful medicine advertisements were taken down from emarketplace platforms from 2019 to 2023, says the Health Ministry’s Pharmacy Enforcement Division.
PETALING JAYA: Unregistered medication, cosmetics and pharmaceutical products sold mostly on ecommerce sites worth more than RM400,000 have been seized in Malaysia as part of an Interpol-coordinated operation.
PETALING JAYA: Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad has promised more prompt aggressive measures following a social media post claiming that an antibiotic, azithromycin, was being openly sold at a grocery store in Johor. In his reply to the post, Dzulkefly said the ministry’s Pharmacy Division will take aggressive measures promptly.
PETALING JAYA: A social media user has claimed that azithromycin, which is a form of antibiotics, is being openly sold at a grocery store in Forest City, Johor.