PMRA - Notice of August, 2024 Registration Exams for Pharmacy Personnel

Notice of August, 2024 Registration Exams for Pharmacy Personnel

The Pharmacy and Medicines Regulatory Authority (PMRA) hereby announces that registration examinations for Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technologists and Pharmacy Assistants will be administered as follows:

	MZUZU	LILONGWE	BLANTYRE
Time	08h00	08h00	08h00
Date (s)	1^st – 2^nd August, 2024	1^st – 2^nd August, 2024	1^st – 2^nd August, 2024
Venue	Grand Palace Hotel	Crossroads Hotel	Victoria Hotel

Eligible candidates who are interested to sit for these examinations are requested to confirm to PMRA by submitting duly filled registration application form with all required documents not later than 17h00 of 13^th July, 2024.

Application forms for both new applicants as well as those resitting the examinations, can be accessed on PMRA website www.pmra.mw or directly from PMRA office’s reception.

For further information and/or clarification please contact PMRA on 0999 708 450 / 0881 790 993/0999379544 or email at info@pmra.mw.

PMRA, MACRA court dealers of traditional medicines, broadcasters on TCM adverts

The Pharmacy and Medicines Regulatory Authority (PMRA) and Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) have jointly held orientation meetings with dealers of traditional and complementary medicines (TCM) and broadcasters in Blantyre, Lilongwe and Mzuzu on advertisement and promotion of traditional medicines.

The two organisations were in Blantyre on Tuesday, Lilongwe on Thursday and Mzuzu on Friday to orient the TCM dealers and owners of broadcasting media houses on the regulation of advertisement and promotion of traditional medicines as provided for in the PMRA Act, 2019.

Section 68 (2) of the PMRA Act states that advertisement of any medicine or allied substance shall require prior screening and approval by the Authority.

Speaking when he presided over the orientation meeting in Blantyre, Allied Substances Sub-Committee Chairperson Bright Lipenga said regulation of the TCM products advertisements was aimed at ensuring that only true information is being disseminated to the public and that the public makes informed decisions based on this true information.

Said Lipenga: “Production of traditional and complementary medicines at industrial scale has resulted in the need for advertisement and promotion of the same.

“Considering that these advertisements are for specialised products and main target are vulnerable people, some of them who are in a desperate need to be helped, there is a need to regulate information being disseminated to the public.”

On his part, MACRA’s Deputy Director of Broadcasting, Kelton Masangano echoed Lipenga’s sentiments saying the Communications Act, 2016 also empowers MACRA to regulate broadcast media content including advertisements hence his organisation’s decision to work with PMRA on the enforcement of regulation of TCM products advertisements.

PMRA and MACRA in November last year signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on collaboration on advertisement and promotion of traditional medicines with the overall objective to jointly oversee operationalisation of the requirement of the PMRA Act to have all advertisements traditional medicines vetted before they are broadcast.

Mrs. Frider Chimimba – Board Chairperson

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. In ornare lobortis odio, ac finibus arcu aliquam id. Nam tempor risus ut arcu consequat, eu scelerisque nibh pulvinar. Nullam efficitur, nunc mollis aliquet pharetra, ipsum enim faucibus arcu, et accumsan ligula ex eu diam. Morbi consequat eleifend neque, ut elementum diam accumsan et. Curabitur vitae eros auctor, suscipit risus quis, convallis elit. Vestibulum in purus velit. Vestibulum ante velit, congue nec nibh a, mollis vestibulum augue. Vivamus placerat lorem sem, et hendrerit lectus molestie ut. Maecenas vitae felis vitae velit accumsan laoreet. Curabitur facilisis vehicula elit non dapibus. Nullam eu pharetra dolor. Vestibulum id auctor diam. Nunc finibus vestibulum porta. Quisque nec sem diam. Phasellus venenatis augue commodo, sodales purus sed, pellentesque libero.

Notice of August, 2024 Registration Exams for Pharmacy Personnel

PMRA, MACRA court dealers of traditional medicines, broadcasters on TCM adverts

Mrs. Frider Chimimba – Board Chairperson

Mr. Chance Munthali – Vice Board Chairperson

Dr. Enock Ludzu – Member

Mr. John Mhango – Member

Mr. William Mpute – Member

Mrs. Flossy Lombola – Member

Dr. Marvin Phonera – Member

Ms. Mary Chinkhadze Kamtimaleka – Member

Recent Posts

Recent Comments

Archives

Categories

Quick access

Related Links

Follow us

Quick contacts