Question & AnswerQ&A (PRC BOARD OF PHARMACY Resolution NO. 07, SERIES 2004)
The resolution promulgates the guidelines for the registration of Medical Representatives/Detailmen with the Board of Pharmacy to regulate their employment and ensure they meet the required qualifications and registration.
Any person employed as a detailman by any pharmaceutical or drug laboratory, manufacturers of medical, dental, pharmaceutical, biological and veterinary products, or distributors, dealers or wholesalers of such products doing business in the Philippines.
The applicant should preferably be a graduate of a college of pharmacy.
An initial fee of 150 pesos upon registration and 15 pesos annually for renewal.
The fee for original registration was set at P200 and the annual license fee was set at P100 for detailmen.
To introduce or reacquaint products prepared, distributed or made by their employer to qualified persons such as physicians, dentists, pharmacists, and veterinarians, and to promote these products by describing their use, composition, action, dosage, administration, contraindications, advantages, and other relevant information.
They are required to ensure that their detailmen possess the necessary credentials issued by the Board of Pharmacy and to notify the Board in case of cessation of employment of detailmen.
The resolution and its annexes took effect fifteen (15) days after publication in the Official Gazette or any newspaper of general circulation, whichever was earlier.
Pharmaceutical establishments and outlets, manufacturers, wholesalers, dealers, providers of the Medical Representative Accreditation Program (MRAP), and other concerned and interested persons, firms, or entities.