Understand the regulatory requirements before you apply for a retail pharmacy licence in Singapore.
Under the Health Products (Licensing of Retail Pharmacies) Regulations 2016, a retail pharmacy must be licensed by us to retail the following specified health products:
The licensed retail pharmacy must be under the control and management of a pharmacist in-charge (PIC) named in the retail pharmacy licence who meets the following criteria:
A licensed retail pharmacy can supply therapeutic products by wholesale without a wholesaler’s licence under the following circumstances:
You do not need a Form A Poisons Licence (FAPL) to deal in therapeutic products. However, you will need to apply for FAPL if you are dealing with other products containing poisons such as active pharmaceutical ingredients, laboratory reagents and veterinary products etc.
HSA-licensed retail pharmacies and wholesalers can supply therapeutic products for animal use based on valid veterinary prescriptions or signed purchase orders from the following:
For more information or enquiries relating to veterinary products (products for animal use only), please consult the Animal & Veterinary Service (AVS)' of NParks .
Regulatory overview
Register your product
Apply for post-approval variation
Listing of approvals and post-registration actions
Reclassify your product
Dealer's licensing and certification
Apply for retention, cancellation or transfer application
Report adverse events
Report or recall defective products
Retail pharmacy licensing
Clinical trials
Product consultation
Advertisements and promotions
CPP and SLS
International collaboration
Medicines quality and compliance monitoring
Guidance documents
Fees and turnaround time
PRISM (Therapeutic products)
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