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Pharma exec sees high prospects for Thailand to become ASEAN medical hub

April 20, 2024

An ageing society, health trends and increasing number of patients with non-communicable diseases (NCDs) could end up making Thailand a medical hub in the ASEAN region, Thai drug manufacturer Chumchon Community Pharmacy said on Friday.

Interpharma aims to upgrade 2 plants to EU standards in bid to boost exports

February 14, 2024

Interpharma, one of Thailand's top five largest pharmaceutical producers, announced a 1.5-billion-baht investment plan for the next five years, aiming to increase brand awareness, new product launches and drug store branch expansion.

'Important to make things more equitable,' says doctor after US FDA's abortion pill decision

THURSDAY, JANUARY 05, 2023

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will allow retail pharmacies to offer abortion pills in the United States for the first time, the agency said on Tuesday, even as more states seek to ban medication abortion.

Pharmacies warned to hand out Covid drugs only to patients with prescription

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 01, 2022

Pharmacies must dispense Covid-19 antiviral drugs only to patients with a prescription, the Public Health Ministry warned.

Headache in Malaysia’s Johor Baru over paracetamol shortage

THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 2022

Pharmacies in the Malaysian state of Johor Baru are facing a paracetamol shortage as demand for the drug commonly used to relieve headaches and fever has skyrocketed over the past few months.

Survey finds system of hospital patients collecting medicines from pharmacies a success

SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 2021

A recent survey has revealed that the system of hospital patients picking their medicines up from pharmacies was efficient.

Rapid Covid-19 test kits already up for sale in Hat Yai

THURSDAY, JULY 15, 2021

A pharmacy in Songkhla’s Hat Yai district has already started selling rapid antigen test kits after the Public Health Ministry approved the use of these kits earlier this week to combat long queues for RT-PCR tests.

Self-test kits for HIV now available at pharmacies

SUNDAY, APRIL 21, 2019

THANKS TO THE latest move by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), people no longer have to visit a medical centre to undergo an HIV test. If they are worried that they may be infected, people can just buy a self-test kit from a pharmacy and check on their own.

Phuket ‘kratom cooker’ robs pharmacies

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 2019

Phuket police on Tuesday said they arrested a thief while he was cooking up a batch of kratom.

Tight control over pharmacies as youth found modifying pills

THURSDAY, JULY 09, 2015

The Office of Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are planning to impose stricter controls on pharmacies in Bangkok after some young people were found to be modifying over the counter pills into stimulants.

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