Specialist Dr. Ananda Wijewickrama has been appointed as the new Chairman of the National Drug Regulatory Authority.
Health and Industry Minister Dr. Ramesh Pathirana has taken this step today (31).
The appointment was made at a special meeting held by the Minister with the Board of Directors of the National Drug Regulatory Authority at the Ministry of Health.
Specialist Dr. Ananda Wijewickrama joined the government service in 1992.
He became a specialist in 2000 and is currently working as a senior physiologist at the National Institute of Infectious Diseases.