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In a 2016 parliamentary answer the minister gave chemotherapy charges of RM200, RM100 and RM50 per treatment in first, second and third class, and a 50% reduction in third class with no RM5 specialist registration charge for citizens aged 60 and over.\n\nIts Pharmaceutical Services Programme keeps the Ministry of Health Medicines Formulary (Formulari Ubat KKM), which listed 1,650 preparations of 864 chemical entities in January 2025. A panel chaired by the Director General of Health decides listings, meeting three times a year; a medicine or indication outside the formulary needs special approval. The National Strategic Plan for Cancer Control Programme 2021-2025, published by the ministry's Non-Communicable Disease Section, records that gefitinib and afatinib were listed for EGFR-mutated metastatic non-small cell lung cancer after prices were negotiated under value-based medicine, and lists six ministry oncology centres giving both systemic treatment and radiotherapy.\n\nThe ministry's own website answered 403 to our requests; the facts here come from its PDFs and those of its agencies. The coordinates are a Putrajaya centroid.","asOf":"2026-11-04","links":[{"label":"Ministry of Health: National Strategic Plan for Cancer Control Programme 2021-2025 (PDF)","url":"https://www.iccp-portal.org/system/files/plans/National_Strategic_Plan_for_Cancer_Control_Programme_2021-2025.pdf"},{"label":"Pharmaceutical Services Programme: Garis Panduan Formulari Ubat KKM, fourth edition 2025 (PDF, Malay)","url":"https://pharmacy.moh.gov.my/sites/default/files/document-upload/buku-panduan-formulari-ubat-kementerian-kesihatan-malaysia-v3.pdf"},{"label":"Pharmaceutical Services Division: Guidelines for Submission of Dossier for Listing into the MOH Medicines Formulary, first edition 2015 (PDF)","url":"https://pharmacy.moh.gov.my/sites/default/files/document-upload/guidelines-submission-dossier-listing-ministry-health-medicines-formulary-finalised.pdf"},{"label":"Ministry of Health: outpatient, surgical and other charges under the Fees (Medical) Order 1982 (PDF, Malay)","url":"https://hq.moh.gov.my/ohp/images/pdf/charge/takrif_dan_jadual1982.pdf"},{"label":"Dewan Rakyat: Minister of Health's reply on cancer charges, 19 May 2016 (PDF, Malay)","url":"https://pardocs.sinarproject.org/documents/2016-may-parliamentary-session/oral-questions-soalan-lisan/2016-05-19-parliamentary-replies/soalan-12.pdf"},{"label":"Ministry of Health Malaysia","url":"https://www.moh.gov.my"}],"tags":[],"related":[],"cancers":["breast-cancer","colorectal","cervical","lung-cancer"],"sections":[],"technologies":["hpv-testing"],"targets":[],"drugs":["gefitinib","afatinib"],"companies":[],"institutions":["institut-kanser-negara","npra-malaysia","mahtas-malaysia","protecthealth-malaysia","clinical-research-malaysia"],"pathways":[],"terms":[],"trials":[],"people":[],"bottlenecks":[],"keyPapers":["paper-kimman-action-catastrophic-expenditure-southeast-asia-bmc-med-2015"],"journals":[],"dependsOn":[],"notes":[],"city":"Putrajaya","country":"MY","lat":2.926,"lng":101.696,"institutionType":"government","website":"https://www.moh.gov.my","programs":["Public hospitals and health clinics (Fees (Medical) Order 1982)","Ministry of Health Medicines Formulary (FUKKM)","National Strategic Plan for Cancer Control Programme 2021-2025","Cervical screening by HPV testing with self-sampling","Colorectal screening by iFOBT"]},"route":"/institutions/ministry-of-health-malaysia/","neighbours":{"cancer":[{"id":"breast-cancer","kind":"cancer","name":"Breast cancer (all types)","route":"/cancers/breast-cancer/"},{"id":"cervical","kind":"cancer","name":"Cervical cancer","route":"/cancers/cervical/"},{"id":"colorectal","kind":"cancer","name":"Colorectal cancer","route":"/cancers/colorectal/"},{"id":"lung-cancer","kind":"cancer","name":"Lung cancer (all types)","route":"/cancers/lung-cancer/"}],"technology":[{"id":"hpv-testing","kind":"technology","name":"HPV DNA testing and self-sampling","route":"/technologies/hpv-testing/"}],"drug":[{"id":"afatinib","kind":"drug","name":"Afatinib","route":"/drugs/afatinib/"},{"id":"gefitinib","kind":"drug","name":"Gefitinib","route":"/drugs/gefitinib/"}],"institution":[{"id":"clinical-research-malaysia","kind":"institution","name":"Clinical Research Malaysia","route":"/institutions/clinical-research-malaysia/"},{"id":"institut-kanser-negara","kind":"institution","name":"Institut Kanser Negara (National Cancer Institute, Malaysia)","route":"/institutions/institut-kanser-negara/"},{"id":"mahtas-malaysia","kind":"institution","name":"Malaysian Health Technology Assessment Section (MaHTAS)","route":"/institutions/mahtas-malaysia/"},{"id":"npra-malaysia","kind":"institution","name":"National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency (NPRA), Malaysia","route":"/institutions/npra-malaysia/"},{"id":"protecthealth-malaysia","kind":"institution","name":"ProtectHealth Corporation","route":"/institutions/protecthealth-malaysia/"}],"paper":[{"id":"paper-kimman-action-catastrophic-expenditure-southeast-asia-bmc-med-2015","kind":"paper","name":"Catastrophic health expenditure and 12-month mortality associated with cancer in Southeast Asia: results from a longitudinal study in eight countries","route":"/key-papers/paper-kimman-action-catastrophic-expenditure-southeast-asia-bmc-med-2015/"}]}}