News about drug

KUALA LUMPUR (March 4): The driver of the trailer that crashed into a pedestrian bridge that was still being built along the MRR2 Highway near Bandar Tasik Selatan yesterday has tested positive for drugs, reported The Star.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 24): Ahmad Saiful Islam, the son of former defence minister and Parti Amanah Negara president Mohamad Sabu or Mat Sabu, was sentenced to eight months in prison today by the Magistrates' Court of using drugs at a hotel in the city centre last year.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 22): The Ministry of Health has stopped using hydroxychloroquine to treat Covid-19 patients, saying that the medication has proven to be ineffective.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 21): Malaysia will look for ways to get access to Remdesivir if the antiviral drug is proven effective against Covid-19, says health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 20): Police in the city has “busted” drug-fuelled private parties at two condominiums while arresting 35 people, the Malay Mail reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 29): Malaysia has three types of registered medicine that can be used in the treatment of Covid-19, with supply readily available in the country, said Health Director-General Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (pictured).

KUALA LUMPUR (March 23): My EG Services Bhd (MyEG) said its COVID-19 rapid test kit has been qualified for emergency use by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), paving the way for the sale of the kits in the US, where the number of positive cases has surpassed 33,000, with 417 deaths.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 19): Datuk Teoh Hai Hin has resigned as executive director of Heng Huat Resources Corp Bhd, less than two weeks after his appointment to the position.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 18): Atta Global Bhd, which has suspended its executive chairman Ooi Chieng Sim last month after he was charged with drug trafficking, announced that its second largest shareholder Tan Kim Hee will take stewardship of the group's direction and spearhead the running of its operations.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 11): Ooi Chieng Sim, the former chairman of Heng Huat Resources Bhd, has resigned from his position as non-independent and non-executive director of the company.