PHA 613

• Philippine Pharmacy Act


  Republic Act 10918

  approved on July 21, 2016
• Pharmacy Law


  Republic Act 5921
• Philippine Pharmacy Act provides for

  • standardization and regulation of pharmacy education
  • administration of licensure examination, registration, and licensing of pharmacists
  • supervision, control, and regulation of the practice of pharmacy in the Philippines
  • development and enhancement of professional competence of pharmacists through continuing professional development, research, and other related activities
  • integration of the pharmacy profession
• The Board of Pharmacy

  Professional Regulatory Board of Pharmacy
• Professional Regulatory Board of Pharmacy


  composed of a Chairman and two members appointed by the President of the Philippines
• Functions of the Board

  • examine applicants for the practice of pharmacy
  • issue certificates of registration of pharmacists
  • reprimand any pharmacist or suspend or revoke his certificate of registration
  • promulgate rules and regulations as necessary
  • regulate and monitor the practice of Pharmacy in the Philippines
• Administration of Adult Vaccines


  • administered only with a doctor’s prescription which is nnot more than 7 days old
  • submit monthly vaccination report and AEFI report to DOH regional offices using the prescribed form
• AEFI

  Adverse Event Following Immunization
• DOH

  Department of Health
• Requirements for the opening and operation of pharmaceutical outlet or establishment


  • shall be in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the FDA
  • no application for the oepning of a retail drugstore shall be approved unless it is signed by a Filipino registered pharmacist, either as owner or as a supervising pharmacist.
• Adulterated/Deteriorated Pharmaceutical products


  • products unfit for human consumption, following the standards of quality of purity
• Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act


  Republic Act 3720
• Food and Drug Administration Act of 2009


  Republic Act 9711
• Proprietary Medicines or Pharmaceutical Specialties


  Any drug, preparations of drugs under a trade name intended for the cure, mitigation or prevention of disease in men or animals
• Medicines


  drugs in their appropriate dosage forms, with assured quality, safety, and efficacy for humans and animals
• Biopharmaceuticals


  • pharmaceutical products that are use for therapeutic or for in vivo diagnostic purposes
  • vaccines, sera, and drugs derived from life forms using biotechnology
• Dispensing


  sum of processes performed by a pharmacist in relation to the sale or transfer of pharmaceutical products with or without a prescription or medication order
• Dispensing

  • reading
  • validating and interpreting prescriptions
  • preparing
  • packaging
  • labeling
  • record keeping
  • dose calculations
  • counseling or giving information
• Counterfeit Pharmaceutical Products


  • do not contain the amounts as claimed
  • with wrong ingredients
  • without active ingredients
  • with insufficient quantity of active ingredients
• Cosmetics


  substance intended to be placed in contact with the various eternal parts of the human body or with the teeth and the mucous membranes of the oral cavity
• Food/Dietary Supplements


  • processed food products intended to supplement the diet that contains one or more of the dietary ingredients
• Dietary Ingredients for Food/Dietary Supplements


  • vitamins
  • minerals
  • herbs or other botanicals
  • amino acids
  • dietary subtances to increase the total daily intake in amounts conforming to the lates Philippine-recommended or internationally-agreed energy and nutrients intakes
• Health Supplements


  product that is used to maintain, enhance, and improve the healthy function of the human body
• Health Supplements contains


  • herbal fatty acids
  • enzymes
  • probiotics
  • other bioactive substances
• Household Remedies


  preparation containing pharmaceutical substances of common or ordinary use to relieve common physical ailments and which may be dispensed without a medical prescription in original packages, bottles, or containers
• Institutional Pharmacies


  pharmacies of institutions, organizations, and/or corporations that provide a range of pharmaceutical services, given exclusively to the employee and/or qualified dependents
• Medical Device

  instrument, apparatus, implement, machine, appliance, implant, in vitro reaganet, or calibrator, software, material intended by the manufacturer to be used alone, or in combination, for human beings
• Generics Act of 1988


  Republic Act 6675

  approved on September 13, 1988

  • promote, require, and ensure the production of an adequate supply, distribution, use, and acceptance of drugs and medicines identified by their generic names
• Statement of Policy


  • promote, encourage and require the use of generic terminology in the importation, manufacture, distribution, marketing, advertising and promotion, prescription and dispensing of drugs
  • ensure the adequate supple of drugs with generic names at the lowest possible cost and endeavor to make them available for free to indigent patients
  • emphasize the scientific basis for the use of the drugs in order that the health professional may become more aware
  • promote drug safety by minimizing duplication in medications or use of drugs with potentially adverse drug interactions
• Generic Name or Generic Terminology


  Identification of drugs and medicines by their scientifically and internationally recognized active ingredients or by their official generic name as determined by FDA of the DOH
• Chemical Name


  description of the chemical structure of the drug or medicine and serve as the complete identification of a compound
• Drug product


  finished product form that contains the active ingredients, generally but not necessarily in association with the inactive ingredients
• Drug establishment


  organization or company involved in the manufacture, importation, repacking and/or distributon of drugs or medicines
• Drug Outlet


  drugstores, pharmacies, and other business establishments selling drugs or medicines
• Core list


  list of drugs that meets the health care needs of the majority of the population
• Complementary List


  a list of alternative drugs used when there is:

  • no response to the core essential drug
  • there is hypersensitivity reaction to the core drug
  • the core drug cannot be given
• Who shall use generic terminology?


  ALL

  • government health agencies and their personnel
  • medical, dental, and veterinary practitioners
  • organization or company involved in the manufacture, importation, repacking, marketing, and/or distribution of drugs and medicines
  • drug outlets
• Ethical Control


  ethics

  • philosophical science dealing with the morality of human acts
  • deals with right conduct directed towards the formation of the individual
  • answers the questions pertaining to the last end man and the meaning of his life
• Special Ethics


  deals with the application of the general principles or morality to the particular actions of man as an individual and as a member of society
• Professional Ethics


  list of ethics that governs a group of people