Department of Drug Administration

▪	Background
▪	Objectives
▪	Strategies
▪	Sections and Branch Office of Department of Drug Administration and its functions
▪	National Medicine Laboratory (NML)
▪	Analysis of achievements by major activities
▪	Constraint

Objectives

The objectives of DDA is to regulate all functions relating drug like misuse and abuse of drugs and its raw materials, to stop false and misleading advertisement and make available safe, efficacious and quality drug to the general public by controlling the production, marketing, distribution, sale, export-import, storage and use of drugs.

Strategies

	Selection of essential drug to promote rational use of drugs
	Establishment of regional offices at all five regions for effective decentralization
	Strengthening of National Medicine Laboratory as an Independent National Drug Control Laboratory
	Drug Registration on scientific facts
	Promotion of rational drug use
	Development of an efficient drug information system to disseminate the relevant information
	Encouragement to promote and establish pharmaceutical industries to achieve self-reliance in the production of essential drugs
	Effective inspection to ensure the quality of marketed products
	Prevent misuse of antibiotic to combat antimicrobial resistance
	Strengthen national industry to comply with WHO-GMP

DDA Search

	Emergency drug list (Download)

	Patient Information (Download)

	Essential drugs list (Download)

	Drug Database

	Registered Drug Products