The Objectives of the NMS corporation are:
1) the efficient and economical procurement of medicines and of certain other medical supplies of good quality primarily to the public health services;
2) the secure, safe and efficient storage, administration, distribution and supply of the goods, having regard to national needs and to the special nature of the goods in question in accordance with the
national drug policy and the national drug authority;
3)the establishment and maintenance of systems to ensure the quality of goods supplied;
the estimation of current and future needs as a basis for procurement planning and for budgeting by the corporation itself and the Ministries concerned;
4)the proper performance of additional tasks as may be accepted by the board as complementary or necessary to the performance of its primary functions, and are entrusted to the corporation by regulation.
5. The corporation shall advise the National Drug Authority, and the National Drug Authority shall advise the Ministry responsible for health, the Ministry responsible for finance, planning and economic development and the Ministry responsible for local government either on request or at the board’s own initiative on essential issues relating to the state of the corporation and its future development, as well as to related matters, including the estimation of drug needs and the distribution and use of medicines in the public health service.
