Year Milestones
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April 2001 | Formation of Health Sciences Authority (HSA) with the integration of 5 highly specialised agencies under the Ministry of Health; Centre for Drug Evaluation, Institute of Science and Forensic Medicine, National Pharmaceutical Administration, Product Regulation Department and Singapore Blood Transfusion Service HSA's eight professional centres: Centre for Pharmaceutical Administration (CPA) Centre for Drug Evaluation (CDE) Centre for Radiation Protection (CRP) Centre for Medical Device Regulation (CMDR) Centre for Transfusion Medicine (CTM) Centre for Forensic Medicine (CFM) Centre for Forensic Science (CFS) Centre for Analytical Science (CAS) |
January 2004 | Merger of Centre for Pharmaceutical Administration (CPA) and Centre for Drug Evaluation (CDE) to form Centre for Drug Administration (CDA) |
July 2006 | Restructuring of seven professional centres into three professional groups: Health Products Regulation Group (HPRG) · Centre for Drug Administration (CDA) · Centre for Medical Device Regulation (CMDR) · Centre for Radiation Protection (CRP) Health Services Group (HSG) · Centre for Transfusion Medicine (CTM) Applied Sciences Group (ASG) · Centre for Forensic Medicine (CFM) · Centre for Forensic Science (CFS) · Centre for Analytical Science (CAS) |
July 2007 | Transfer of Centre for Radiation Protection (CRP) to the National Environment Agency (NEA), a statutory board under the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources (MEWR) |
| August 2008 | Restructuring of the professional groups, namely Health Products Regulation Group, Blood Services Group and Applied Sciences Group, to function as consolidated entities comprising Divisions and Branches/Laboratories. The Health Services Group has been renamed the Blood Services Group. |
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