Datuk Dr. Allan Mathews

• Hospital Pharmacy / Clinical Pharmacy – 10 years

• Production and Quality Control of Pharmaceuticals – 7 years

• Pharmaceutical Operations, Pharmaceutical Industry – 22 years

• Academia – 12 years

Malaysian Recognition

• State of Sabah Governor Awards of:
• Bintang Setia Kinabalu (Kinabalu Loyalty Award)
• Panglima Gemilang Darjah Kinabalu (Commander of the Order of Kinabalu)

Recognition by Alma Mater

Notable Alumnus by School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia

International Recognition

• 1990 – World Health Organization Advisor on Hospital Pharmacy
• May, 2018 – Invited Speaker on Pharmacy Practice – Pharma Conference, Rome
• July, 2022 – Invited to Expert Panel meeting by United Nations on preparing white  paper to Ministry of Health on Healthcare reform in Malaysia. 
• August, 2022 – Invited Speaker on Clinical Pharmacy – European Society of Medicine, Madrid, Spain 
• October, 2022 – Invited Speaker on Therapeutic Drug Monitoring, Guntur, India
• March 2024 – Invited Speaker on Process-Driven Problem Based Learning, Vishnu Institute of Education and Research, Hyderabad, India
• March 2024 – Invited Speaker on Clinical Pharmacy in Malaysia, Chalapathi Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guntur, India

• Registered Pharmacist, Pharmacy Board Malaysia 
• Life Member, Malaysian Pharmaceutical Society 
• Life and Honorary Member, Past-President, Sabah Pharmaceutical Society
• Admitted to American College of Clinical Pharmacy (1990)
• Admitted as Member, Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM, UK) 1995
• Member, Institute of Quality Malaysia
• Associate Member, Royal Pharmaceutical Society of GB
• Member, Pharmacy Board of Malaysia (2016 – 2019)
• Member, Pharmacy Board of Malaysia (2023 – 2026)
• Member, Pharmacy Deans Council of Malaysia (effective 2024)

Administrative Responsibility

Dean, Faculty of Pharmacy

Member, Senate Quest International University

Developed Bachelor of Pharmacy programme with maximum accreditation period and excellence status by Pharmacy Board of Malaysia and Malaysian Qualifications agency. Innovative programme merging academic programme with experiential learning. Developed Process-Driven Problem-Based Learning for Pharmacy Students which has now been accepted by other faculties.

Obtained recognition from School of Pharmacy, Pacific University Oregon, USA for students who have completed Y1, Y2 of QIU B.Pharm programme to proceed to the Doctor of Pharmacy Programme. 

Teaching Responsibilities

1. Clinical Pharmacy
2. Clinical Pharmacokinetics
3. Pharmaceutical Management
4. Pharmaceutical Quality Assurance
5. Pharmacy Practice

• 1976– 1977 – Housemanship, University Hospital, Universiti Malaya

• 1977 – 1991 – Sabah Health Department –
  Hospital / Clinical Pharmacy

• 1992 – 2013 – DKSH Malaysia, MediPharm Brunei Industrial Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Operations

• 2008 – 2013 – Part-Time MBA Lecturer, UMS, UNITAR,

• 2014 Consultant, DKSH Malaysia

• 2014 – 2015 – Deputy Dean, Faculty of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Universiti KL

   

1. Invited Speaker / Facilitator– Vishnu Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research Education Program, Hyderabad, India 18 – 23 March 2024
2. Plenary Speaker – Pearls Conference, Universiti Sains Malaysia – Pharmacy Education and Research Leadership Summit, 4 -5 July 2023.
3. International Speaker – International Conference on Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guntur, India. Therapeutic Drug Monitoring of Anti-epileptics, 30 October, 2022
4. International Speaker – European Society of Medicine, 4 – 6 August 2022
   Therapeutic Drug Monitoring of Phenytoin in a tertiary hospital in Malaysia.
   Madrid, Spain
5. International Webinar Speaker, 9 September 2021
   Bridging the Gap—Pharmacy Education and Practice”, organised by Chalapathi Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, India. 
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9moB–KkSgA
6. International Webinar Speaker, 12 June 2020
   Emerging Direct Patient Responsibility Bearing Roles in Hospital and Clinical Pharmacy for Pharmacists, organized by St. Mary’s College of Pharmacy, Guntur, India.
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSpBfJFb6dc&t=140s
7. Invited Speaker at Malaysian Pharmaceutical Conference, Current Developments in Community Pharmacy Practice, May 2019.
8. Invited Speaker, Pharma Conference, Rome, Italy, – Transforming Pharmacy Practice, May 2018
9. Invited Speaker, Malaysian Pharmaceutical Society 50th MPS Seminar May, 2017
   Breaking Through the Recognition Barrier – From an Advisory Role to a Responsibility Bearing Role
10. Plenary Speaker, Ministry of Health Research and Development Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Academia – Practice Collaborative Research on Innovation in Pharmacy Practice, 2016
11. Invited Speaker at Federation of Asian Pharmaceutical Associations Congress. Kota Kinabalu. Sabah. Malaysia. 2014.

1. Review on biologically active natural insecticides from Malaysian tropical plants against Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus  Madhuri Bharathithasan, Vijay Kotra *, Syed Atif Abbas, Allan Mathews *  Arabian Journal of Chemistry, 2024.  17 (2024) 105345 
2. Challenges of Therapeutic Drug Monitoring and Usage of Lithium in Managing Psychiatric Disorders: A Review Shann Ling Leo1, Allan Mathews¹*, Nur Afrina Ikhsan², Mei Jun Loy³, Anandarajagopal Kalusalingam⁴
   Progress in Drug Discovery and Biomedical Science, PDDBS 2023, 6, 1; a0000355. doi:10.36877/pddbs.a0000355 http://journals.hh-publisher.com/index.php/pddbs
3. Therapeutically important bioactive compounds of the genus Polygonum L. and their possible interventions in clinical medicine !
   Sam Cherian # , Kushvar Mammadova Hacisayidli, Renju Kurian, Allan Mathews  Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, rgac105, https://doi.org/10.1093/jpp/rgac105; 09 February 2023 
4. Allan Mathews
   Outsourcing Public Pharmacy Services, The Star (National Paper), 25 Jan 2023
5. Dharshinie Johalingam, Abbas SA, Vijay Kotra, Allan Mathews, Nur Afrina Ikhsan² Helaluddin ABM, Ravi Varala and Sudhakar Madhavedi
   A Study on the Perception of the Pharmacy Profession in Higher Secondary Students of Taiping, Malaysia
   Journal of Chemistry & its Applications, 2022,
6. Rabbia Alamdar, Allan Mathews, Sharanjit Kaur
   A Perception on Integrated Medicine Management System by Healthcare Professionals 2021
   7th International Conference on Research and Innovation in Information Systems (ICRIIS), 2021, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/ICRIIS53035.2021.9617107.
7. Rabbia Alamdar, Allan Mathews, Sharanjit Kaur
   A proposed Integrated Medicine Management System Tool based on System, Utilization and Evidence Based Theory for Malaysian Health
   2021 International Congress of Advanced Technology and Engineering (ICOTEN), 2021, pp. 1-7, doi: 10.1109/ICOTEN52080.2021.9493457.
8. Madhuri Bharathithasan, Darvin R. Ravindran, Dinesh Rajendran, Sim Ka Chun, S. A. Abbas, Sandheep Sugathan, Zary Shariman Yahaya, Abd Rahman Said, Wen-
   Da Oh, Vijay Kotra, Allan Mathews, Mohamad Faiz Mohd Amin, Intan H. Ishak, Rajiv RaviI
   Analysis of chemical compositions and larvicidal activity of nut extracts from Areca catechu Linn against Aedes (Diptera: Culicidae) PLOS ONE | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0260281 November 29, 2021 
9. Allan Mathews, Long C. Ming, Farid Z. Che Rose, Syed A. Abbas
   Cross-sectional Study on the Impact of Discount Pricing and Price Competition on Community Pharmacy Practice, Cureus, DOI: 10.7759/cureus.9903, 2020.
10. Allan Mathews. 
    The Malaysian Community Pharmacy Dilemma. Malaysian Pharmaceutical Society e-bulletin. 2020 https://www.mps.org.my/newsmaster.cfm?&menuid=37&action=view&retrieveid=7852
11. Rabbia Alamdar, Allan Mathews, Sharanjit Kaur, Khairulanwar Husain.
    Integrated medicine management system for Malaysian healthcare sector. Int. J. Res Pharm Sci. 10 (3), 1-10. 2019 
12. Gouri Kumar Dash, Ravindran Muthukumarasamy, Shahnaz Majeed, Allan Mathews
    Quantitative Estimation of Gallic Acid in Triphala Churna by HTPLC. Journal of Global Pharma Technology, 2019, 11 (3), 07-11
13. Allan Mathews, Abul Karam Azad, Syed A. Abbas, Farid Z. Che Rose, A.B.M Helal Uddin, Study on the Perception of Staff and Students of a University on Community Pharmacy Practice in Ipoh, Perak. Malaysia, 2018, Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences, 2018, 10, 226- 231
14. Gouri Kumar Dash, Myint Swe, Allan Mathews
    Tradescantia Zebrina: A promising medicinal Plant. Indo-American Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 2017, 4 (10), 3498 – 3502
15. Mathews A, Dash G.K. Emerging Concern of the Impact of Temperature Excursions on the Quality of Medicines along the Supply Chain in Malaysia. Int J Pharm Q Ass. 2015: 6(3): 79-83
16. Mathews A. Pharmacist Fees: Knowledge, time are vital. NST. 2015: 23/7
    http://www.mps.org.my/newsmaster.cfm?&menuid=36&action=view&retrieveid=4129#sthash.Ujb3JcJf.dpuf
17. Allan Mathews, Syafiq Abdullah, Yahaya R. Malaysian Pharmaceutical Society. 2015.
    Dispensing should be the role of Pharmacists. https://www.mps.org.my/newsmaster.cfm?&menuid=36&action=view&retrieveid=4124
18. Yahaya R, Dash G.K, Abdullah M.S, Mathews A. Clinacanthus nutans (burm.F.) Lindau: A Useful Medicinal Plant of South-east Asia. Int J Pharmacognosy and Phytochemical Res. 2015: 7(6): 1244-1250
19. Mathews A. Infusing Quality into the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain. Mal J Pharm: 2014:1(2): 44-45.
20. Mathews A. Standardization of Processes Utilizing Business Process Reengineering, Lambert Academic Publishing. 2012

2014 – Now – Consultant, Pharmaceutical Operations
MediPharm Brunei

• Past President of Rotary Club of Likas Bay, Sabah. Malaysia
• Chairman, Building Committee, Senior Citizens Home, Kota Kinabalu. Sabah. Malaysia
• Founding Chairman and Advisor, St. Paul’s Schools Alumni Association, Beaufort. Sabah.

• Community Pharmacist, Quest Pharmacy, Quest International University

• Clinical Pharmacist, Senior Citizens Home, Ipoh. Perak