MEDICAL SITES
VADS CORNER — Medical sites · Public health · Drugs and regulators · Malaysia
Links checked 20 October 2026
This is the updated version of this page. The original version is archived at oldmeds.html.
This is the short list of sites I keep returning to when I need an authoritative answer rather than an opinion. It is arranged by what you are trying to do: look something up, check what a public health agency says, check a drug or regulator, or find a Malaysian medical body. For journals and literature searching, see the Medical Journals page.
A short method. Prefer the primary source: the agency, regulator or society that issued the guidance, not a site that summarises it. Check the date on the page, and check whether it applies to Malaysia.
NEW added in this edition MOVED same organisation, new address or name FREE free to read in full
NEW added in this edition MOVED same organisation, new address or name FREE free to read in full
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Search and reference Public health agencies Drugs, food and regulators Malaysia Places I have worked Related Vads Corner pages About the links
Search and reference Public health agencies Drugs, food and regulators Malaysia Places I have worked Related Vads Corner pages About the links
Search and reference
- National Library of Medicine (NLM) — the US library behind PubMed, MedlinePlus and much more.
- MedlinePlus — plain-language health information from the NLM, useful for patients. FREE NEW
- PubMed — search the biomedical literature; see the Medical Journals page. FREE NEW
- Cochrane Library — systematic reviews of treatments. NEW
- ClinicalTrials.gov — registry of trials, with results where reported. FREE NEW
- CDC Home Page MOVED
Public health agencies
Most outbreak and vaccine questions are answered here first.
- Ministry of Health Malaysia — Malaysia’s public health authority: outbreak notices, case definitions and circulars. NEW
- Communicable Diseases Agency (CDA), Singapore — vaccination, outbreak preparedness, travel health advice and weekly infectious disease updates. NEW
- Ministry of Health Singapore NEW
- World Health Organization (WHO) — global guidance, outbreak news and disease fact sheets.
- WHO Western Pacific Region — closest regional office to Malaysia.
- US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) — guidance, data and the weekly MMWR report.
- Emerging Infectious Diseases — CDC’s journal on infectious disease emergence. FREE MOVED
The old address (cdc.gov/ncidod/eid) no longer works. - CDC Travelers’ Health — destination-by-destination vaccine and outbreak advice. NEW
- US Department of Health and Human Services MOVED
- European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) — European surveillance and risk assessments. NEW
- UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) — successor to the Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre listed on the old page. MOVED
The CDSC became the Health Protection Agency, then Public Health England, and its functions now sit with UKHSA.
Drugs, food and regulators
Medicines regulators in the region, then the United States and Europe, plus drug information and harmonisation sites.
ASEAN
- National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency (NPRA), Malaysia — registration of medicines in Malaysia. MOVED
Formerly the National Pharmaceutical Control Bureau (NPCB/BPFK); bpfk.gov.my no longer serves the old site. - Health Sciences Authority (HSA), Singapore NEW
- Badan Pengawas Obat dan Makanan (BPOM), Indonesia NEW
- Food and Drug Administration, Philippines NEW
- Food and Drug Administration, Thailand — mostly in Thai. NEW
- Drug Administration of Vietnam (DAV) NEW
- Food and Drug Administration, Myanmar NEW
- Department of Drugs and Food, Ministry of Health, Cambodia NEW
- Pharmacy services, Ministry of Health, Brunei NEW
North-East Asia
- National Medical Products Administration (NMPA), China NEW
- Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA), Japan — the reviewing agency NEW
- Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW), Japan — the approving ministry NEW
- Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS), South Korea NEW
- Food and Drug Administration, Taiwan NEW
- Drug Office, Department of Health, Hong Kong NEW
Australia, New Zealand and India
- Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), Australia NEW
- Medsafe, New Zealand NEW
- Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), India NEW
United States and Europe
- US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) MOVED
- FDA Human Foods Program MOVED
The Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) was reorganised into the Human Foods Program in October 2024; the old vm.cfsan.fda.gov address is gone. - European Medicines Agency (EMA) — European drug approvals and safety reviews. NEW
Drug information and guidelines
- DailyMed — current US drug labels (package inserts). FREE NEW
- ICH — International Council for Harmonisation of drug regulatory guidelines. NEW
Malaysia
- Ministry of Health Malaysia — the national health ministry, with circulars and clinical practice guidelines. NEW
- Malaysian Medical Association (MMA)
- Academy of Medicine of Malaysia — the body for specialist colleges.
- KKMNOW — Ministry of Health Malaysia’s public health data dashboards. FREE NEW
- OpenDOSM — official open data from the Department of Statistics Malaysia · DOSM home page. FREE NEW
- NPRA — see Drugs, food and regulators above.
Places I have worked
In the order I worked with them, starting with government service.
- Ministry of Health, Malaysia
- Servier
- Sanofi MOVED
Aventis and Sanofi-Aventis became Sanofi in 2011; the old en.sanofi-aventis.com address is gone. - Celgene — now part of Bristol Myers Squibb; see the next entry. MOVED
- Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) NEW
- Novavax NEW
Related Vads Corner pages
About the links
- Checked 20 October 2026 by automated fetch and web search. A few sites block automated checks; for those I confirmed the address through the organisation’s own announcements or search results. If one stops working, tell me.
- Organisations rename. If a link dies, search for the organisation’s current name.