Deputy Director
NPRA
Madam Rosilawati Binti Ahmad holds a Bachelor of Pharmacy from University of Science Malaysia and a Master of Science from the University of Malaya, Malaysia. She has more than 30 years of vast experiences within the Ministry of Health Malaysia specialising in regulatory.
Since 2018, Madam Rosilawati serves as the Deputy Director of Product and Cosmetic Evaluation of National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency (NPRA) and appointed as the Secretary of Drug Control Authority (DCA) by Minister of Health Malaysia which responsible to ensure the registered pharmaceutical, traditional and health supplements products are safe, efficacious and of quality.
Committed to her duty, Madam Rosilawati has been involved in the collaborations of harmonization initiatives within ASEAN countries, specifically on Joint Assessment Coordinating Group (JACG) where she serves as the Chair. Her current interest is mainly on the areas of good reliance practice and collaborative assessment initiatives especially among countries in ASEAN region as part of initiatives towards supporting regulatory agility.
Besides, Madam Rosilawati actively participate as a member of Malaysia Medicine Advertisements Board, Malaysian Adverse Drug Reactions Advisory Committee (MADRAC), Malaysia Pesticide Board and Panel Member of JAKIM Halal Certification Malaysia. In addition, Madam Rosilawati is diligently involved in initiating new policies related to pharmaceutical regulatory in Malaysia.