News & Events
News
Dear All,
School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, USM is currently updating on JATI students info (since 2009 until now). Hence request your kind assistance to fill up the google form as per link below:
https://forms.gle/SJMb7fn4maDVvsTq8
Your cooperationis highly appreciated.
Thank you in advance.
With regards to the matter above, MPS will be organising a townhall meeting to discuss the contract pharmacists' issue.
Venue: Wisma MPS, Puchong, Selangor
Date : 15/12/2018 (Saturday)
Time: 9am -12pm
Contract Pharmacists (PRP & FRP) and PRP Preceptors from MOH are cordially invited to join this meeting.
Register here: https://goo.gl/forms/ZuZqu5ihPXRojKTs1
ONLY 80 SEATS AVAILABLE.
Xepa-Soul Pattinson (M) Sdn Bhd in Melaka is looking for candidates to fill openings for:
1) Clinical affair
2) R&D formulator
Non-pharmacist is also welcome.
For more information, please contact Ng Bee Hong, Head of Innovation & Development at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Dear Alumna/Alumnus,
Looking to reconnect with old batch mates and former faculty? Here’s one way! Join us for the “A Cup of Tea, A Plate of Memories”, an evening (2pm - 7pm) to showcase and highlight recent and past successes of alumni, students and the department. Hence, we need your input on a survey (click here) to choose a most suitable date, venue and price to make the event more fruitful and fun! Please send your response by 23rd June 2018.
Anticipating positive and enthusiastic response from you!
In conjunction with the celebration of 45th anniversary of the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences USM, we are planning to prepare a coffee table book to record the journey of our school and alumni. We welcome all of our alumni to contribute the following items:
- Photos of our school (preferably before year 2000, with simple explanation of the photo & the year it was taken)
- Notable alumni (biography and photos)
- Recognition of achievement by alumni (summary and photos)
If you have any of the above information or other related materials which would bring us back the good memories of our school, please email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by 25th August 2017.
We are pleased to announce an upcoming PharmCare Symposium 2017 with the theme 'Future Paradigm of Pharmaceutical Care Research' on 5-6th August 2017.
PharmCare Symposium is a symposium dedicated to promote advances in Clinical Pharmacy. The symposium aims to further foster and stimulate knowledge and research exchange and collaboration. The scientific program will include both the talks from clinical pharmacy experts and dissemination of the recent findings by researchers to highlight some major developments in Clinical Pharmacy.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
* Pharmacists from the MOH, academia and private sectors
* Community pharmacists
* Postgraduate students
All are cordially invited to attend the symposium and meet our clinical pharmacy experts. There will also be oral and poster presentations from our dedicated clinical pharmacy postgraduate students. Please find below the preliminary tentative of the symposium:
Secure your seat and register now at http://bit.ly/2jjOj8h. Registration fee covers the symposium fee, materials, lunch and tea breaks.
For any queries please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (Dr Sabariah Noor Harun).
Kotra Pharma Recruitment
Kotra Pharma has vacancies for Science graduates to work at its R&D Department. If you have children, grandchildren, relatives or friends interested to work at a Pharmaceutical factory, please contact our Recruitment Hotline at 012-6181622 or deposit your resume at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
24 May 2017
Malaysian Pharmaceutical Society-Pharmacy Scientific Conference 2017
The Malaysian Pharmaceutical Society-Pharmacy Scientific Conference (MPS-PSC) is an established conference that has been held since 2001. It aims to provide an opportunity for delegates to present their research and to expose delegates to the advancements and progress made in the various disciplines of pharmacy.
At the conference, participants have a meeting place to integrate scientific knowledge from various scientific disciplines of pharmacy, notably community pharmacy, hospital pharmacy, pharmaceutical technology, pharmaceutical chemistry, pharmacology, herbal sciences and many others. Such an opportunity will provide hospital, community, regulatory/ enforcement and industrial pharmacists, policy makers, academicians, students, pharmaceutical scientists, other researchers to share their research findings, to establish networks and pursue continuing professional development.
Find out more here.
Past Events
*CALLING ALL USM SCHOOL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES ALUMNI*
It’s hard to believe it’s been 46 years since the first establishment of the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, USM! The School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, USM invites alumni from all graduating classes to reunite with classmates and friends at the alumni gathering. Come and reminisce with the alumni on 24th November 2018.
The day starts with FUTSAL TOURNAMENT and continued with the ALUMNI TEA 2018 Gathering at Eastin Hotel, Penang from 2.30-7.00pm.
We have loads of fun stuff lined up for you including performances by alumni, lucky draws, fun quizzes and games. Worried about your lil' ones?? We have free creche service where your hunny buns can mingle with their friends while you socialize!
Special prize awaits the batch with most attendees!
So hurry up! Register now at https://goo.gl/forms/CyPJ8Ub61teoXYaz2
Career Talk 2016 was held on the 3rd December 2016 at DK Y School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, USM. The event was organized in the hope of exposing the future USM graduates on the diversity of pharmacy career. This event also helps to foster and stimulate the exchange of views between the pharmaceutical expert/stakeholders and USM future graduates. Also, this activity aims to provide basic guidelines to prepare the USM graduates with soft skills to face the unforeseen future.
Opening speech by the deputy dean of the school for academic, students and alumni, Assoc. Prof. Dr Nurzalina Abdul Karim Khan
A total of 98 final year students from the school has attended the event, making the first event organized by PUSMA a successful one. Guest speakers who are known to be very successful in different pharmaceutical fields, namely industry and local community pharmacy, were invited to share their experiences and to introduce the students to the various roles of pharmacists from different backgrounds including industrial pharmacy, business in pharmacy, academia and research in pharmacy as well as enforcement in pharmacy. There was also a sharing session with provisionally registered pharmacists graduated from the school. They shared valuable tips in tackling competitive challenges during job interview and also during housemanship training with the students during this session. In addition to that, the students gained precious experience on effective interviewing techniques and successful curriculum vitae writing skills during practical session in a workshop coordinated by Talent Corp Malaysia in the afternoon.
Appreciation gifts from PUSMA for the guest speakers presented by the deputy dean of the school for academic, students and alumni, Assoc. Prof. Dr Nurzalina Abdul Karim Khan
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