PETALING JAYA: Private medical practitioners who have submitted applications for their 2026 Annual Practising Certificate (APC) are allowed to place orders for medicines, as long as they can provide proof of their submission, says the Pharmaceutical Association of Malaysia (PhAMA).
The association, which represents 41 pharmaceutical multinational corporations, said this measure was taken following the intervention of the Health Ministry .
“The ministry has informed that doctors sending us evidence that they have paid for their licence renewal on time are allowed to order from us,” the association told The Star. The association also hopes that the ministry will ensure that the issue of delayed APCs will not persist.
The delays in processing the APCs by the Malaysian Medical Council’s (MMC) had left thousands of doctors without a valid practising licence in the new year and exposing them to legal issues.
The MMC has apologised for the delays, citing a surge in applications towards the end of last year. It was earlier reported that drug companies refused to sell medicines to medical practitioners without a valid APC.
