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The Sri Lanka National Pharmaceuticals Policy was established in the 1970s following the submission of a report by Dr S.A. Wickremasinghe and Prof. Seneka Bibile.It aimed at ensuring that people get good quality drugs at the lowest possible price and that doctors would prescribe the minimum required drugs to treat the patient's illness.
The National Medicinal Drugs Policy is an essential part of Sri Lanka's Health Policy, aimed at the rational use of pharmaceuticals. By the beginning of the 21st Century, Sri Lanka had approximately 9,000 registered medicinal drugs, hundreds of which were non-essential, unnecessary, highly expensive or even dangerous.
The State Pharmaceuticals Corporation (SPC) is a state-owned enterprise with its headquarters in Colombo, Sri Lanka.It is the largest supplier of drugs in the country, and is tasked with providing quality-assured health care items that are safe and effective, at an affordable price, while educating the public on the rational use of drugs.
Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 22 November 2019 12 August 2020 Gotabaya Rajapaksa: Minister of Healthcare and Indigenous Medical Services Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna: 12 August 2020 18 April 2022 Minister of Health Channa Jayasumana: Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna: 18 April 2022 9 May 2022 Keheliya Rambukwella: Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna: 23 May 2022 ...
Senaka Bibile (Sinhala:සේනක බිබිලේ) (13 February 1920 – 29 September 1977) was a Sri Lankan pharmacologist.He was the founder of Sri Lanka's drug policy, which was used as a model for development of policies based on rational pharmaceutical use in other countries as well by the World Health Organization, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and ...
Jayasumana has been appointed as the state minister of Production, Supply and Regulation of Pharmaceuticals in August 2020. [10] Following the mass resignation of the Sri Lankan cabinet in the wake of the 2022 Sri Lankan protests, he was appointed as the cabinet Minister of Health by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on 18 April 2022.
The Ministry of Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policies [2] (Sinhala: මුදල්, ආර්ථික ස්ථායිකරණ සහ ...
Pages in category "Government of Sri Lanka" The following 40 pages are in this category, out of 40 total. ... Sri Lanka National Pharmaceuticals Policy;