2008

Thailand: Experts see better Aids treatment: Bangkok Post - December 22, 2008; Apiradee Treerutkuarkul; The Public Health Ministry will review the national Aids treatment programme for mother-to-child transmission after insistence by experts that combinative antiretroviral drugs would be more effective in reducing drug resistance among HIV-infected women. Aids experts hope to reduce perinatal HIV transmission by distribu
Teens like plan for free testing without parental okay: Bangkok Post - December 18, 2008; Apiradee Treerutkuarkul; Teenagers favour a plan to allow them to have free HIV/Aids tests at general hospitals without parental permission, a survey has revealed. The poll conducted by the youth network against HIV/Aids that targeted 2,000 students aged below 18 in 20 provinces showed that 86% agreed with the Medical Council of Thailand s pla
Positive Partnership: Bangkok Post - December 11, 2008; Anjira Assavanonda; -- A programme in Chiang Mai provides micro-credit loans for HIV-positive people to start small businesses After contracting HIV/Aids in 2002, Lue, 35, felt his life was hopeless. His health was failing and his neighbour stopped talking to him. He had difficulty earning a living, and no one lent him money, fearing he c
Forced Aids testing slammed: Bangkok Post - December 2, 2008; Apiradee Treerutkuarkul; Aids activists and a network of people living with HIV have called for an end to a forced blood testing policy at workplaces as the world marked World Aids Day yesterday. The policy, which requires state civil servants and employees of private companies to have their blood tested for HIV/Aids, violated human rights pri
Good move on bad drugs: the Ranbaxy scandal: Bangkok Post - October 3, 2008; Roger Bate**; The US Food and Drug Administration has just banned 30 drugs from India s giant Ranbaxy Laboratories because of quality fears but the move is long overdue and Ranbaxy continues to supply the developing world with other drugs that are not checked for quality. The US President s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (PEPFAR) la
Chalerm insists on pursuing CL policy: Bangkok Post - September 30, 2008; Apiradee Treerutkuarkul; New public health minister Chalerm Yubamrung says he will continue the policy on compulsory licensing (CL) to extend public access to life-saving medicines in spite of pressure from the trade sector. Speaking before hundreds of senior health officials on his first day in office, Mr Chalerm yesterday said it was impossi
Battling HIV/Aids: Bangkok Post - September 23, 2008; Daniel Calderbank; UNESCO (United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization) -- Unique course equips educators with special knowledge Unesco Bangkok has taken the response against the HIV/Aids epidemic into cyberspace with an interactive course that targets the special role educators can play to help stop the spread of the
Fighting AIDS: Drug resistance on the rise: Bangkok Post - September 22, 2008; Apiradee Treerutkuarkul; Increasing rates of drug resistance among HIV-infected women and infants is prompting calls among health experts to review the national Aids treatment programme on mother-to-child transmission. Manoon Leechanwengwong, president of the Thai Aids Society, said the anti-retroviral treatment programme practised across the
CL drug dispute before council today: Aids group says public good must come first: Bangkok Post - September 10, 2008; Apiradee Treerutkuarkul; The Council of State will today consider the legitimacy of the compulsory licensing (CL) policy on cancer drugs implemented by the Public Health Ministry. The Commerce Ministry asked the government s legal advisory body to consider the policy s legality in June after the France-based pharmaceutical company Sanofi Avent
Concerns raised over drug policies: Bangkok Post - September 6, 2008; Apiradee Treerutkuarkul; Health officials and activists have been keeping a close watch on attempts by multinational pharmaceutical firms to meddle with the national drug and public health policies. Their concerns follow reports that multinational drug firms have tried to lobby Deputy Public Health Minister Wicharn Meenchainant to have their r
Access To Medicines: Chaiya faces legal action by activists: Bangkok Post - August 16, 2008; Apiradee Treerutkuarkul; Health and consumer activists are set to take legal action against Commerce Minister Chaiya Sasomsab and related trade authorities for issuing an order deemed to protect a pharma giant but block Thai people s access to medicines. The Network of Thai People Living with HIV/Aids, the Aids Access Foundation and the Founda
Compulsory Licensing: Panel to find ways to hasten drug imports: Bangkok Post - August 12, 2008; Apiradee Treerutkuarkul; A joint ministerial committee on compulsory licensing will look into ways of speeding up the sluggish process of importing generic medicines selected by the previous government. The committee will examine problems delaying the provision of seven drug regimens, health deputy permanent secretary Paijit Warachit said yest
Thai-US Trade Talks: Democrats warn key medicines at risk: Bangkok Post - August 9, 2008; Apiradee Treerutkuarkul & Thanida Tansubhapol; Bilateral trade talks between Thailand and the United States could hamper public access to essential drugs, the opposition Democrat party warns. Buranaj Smutharaks, deputy health minister of the opposition s shadow cabinet, yesterday met Public Health Minister Chavarat Charnveerakul, to voice concerns over the possible
Facing down the stigma factor: Fighting HIV-AIDS: Bangkok Post - August 7, 2008; Ban Ki-Moon**; I have met many remarkable people in my life: presidents, kings, diplomats. One of the most memorable of these encounters - and certainly the most moving - came a bit more than a year ago, when I met a group of HIV-positive staff members at the UN. For me, it was a moment of epiphany. I was struck by their courage and,
Teen girls warned off after-sex pill: Bangkok Post - July 23, 2008; Apiradee Treerutkuarkul; Teenage girls should avoid using the emergency contraceptive levonorgesprel, sometimes known as the morning after pill , after having sex as it could lead to menstrual bleeding and ectopic pregnancy, medical experts have warned. Kittiphong Cheng, head of the Reproductive Health Department, yesterday said many young gir
Editorial: Prevention is the only cure: Bangkok Post - July 11, 2008; The current political divisiveness and public distress from the economic crunch has overshadowed a time-bomb that will soon explode - the Aids pandemic. Few paid attention when the Public Health Ministry announced in May that there are now more than one million people with HIV and Aids in Thailand , with un
Millions of children are relying on G8 promises: Bangkok Post - July 10, 2008; Laurence Gray; Children trust adults to keep their promises. It is important to remember that as the survival and health of millions of children will depend on the outcomes of this week s Group of Eight meeting in Japan and to sticking to past promises made. The response of the world s richest nations to rising food prices, healthcar
The right prescription?: Bangkok Post - July 7, 2008; Apiradee Treerutkuarkul; The Administrative Court recently ordered the reinstatement of Vichai Chokewiwat as chairman of the Government Pharmaceutical Organisation (GPO) board and five other board members dismissed by the cabinet on the recommendation of Public Health Minister Chaiya Sasomsab. Dr Vichai talks about winning the case and what he
Compulsory Licensing: GPO board to speed up drug imports: Bangkok Post - July 1, 2008; Apiradee Treerutkuarkul; The Government Pharmaceutical Organisation (GPO) will speed up the importation of generic drugs for patients under the universal healthcare scheme, as Thailand s policy on compulsory licensing (CL) for life-saving medicine remains crucial, board chairman Vichai Chokewiwat said yesterday. Speaking after the first board
GPO to look into 'detrimental' board policies: Pharmacy franchising among concerns: Bangkok Post - June 29, 2008; Apiradee Treerutkuarkul; The reinstated Government Pharmaceutical Organisation (GPO) board will review policies of the board appointed by the public health minister, which it has replaced. The Administrative Court is considering a petition filed by Vichai Chokewiwat against an order removing him and several other individuals from the GPO board
Court orders reinstatement of GPO board: Bangkok Post - June 26, 2008; Apiradee Treerutkuarkul; The Administrative Court yesterday ordered the reinstatement of former chairman Vichai Chokewiwat and the five other former members of the board of the Government Pharmaceutical Organisation (GPO). The six men were sacked by the cabinet last month on the recommendation of Public Health Minister Chaiya Sasomsab, who app
Cheap heart drug arrives from India: Bangkok Post - June 19, 2008; Apiradee Treerutkuarkul; The first batch of the generic heart drug clopidogrel ordered under the compulsory licensing scheme over a year ago, will soon be available in state hospitals, Wanchai Supachaturas, deputy managing director of the Government Pharmaceutical Organisation (GPO), said yesterday. He said 1.2 million tablets of clopidogrel,
Prostitution: Sex workers warned South Africa awash with Aids: Bangkok Post - June 17, 2008; Supoj Wancharoen; Women thinking of earning quick money in the sex trade in South Africa have been urged to abandon the idea given the high rate of HIV/Aids transmission there. Deputy city clerk Sithisat Chiamwongpaet said he was told by Thai ambassador to South Africa Domdej Bunnag that quite a few Thai sex workers had returned home fr
Govt may scrap compulsory licensing for medicines: Bangkok Post - June 7, 2008; Apiradee Treerutkuarkul; Thailand may soon scrap compulsory licensing (CL) to bypass drug patents and widen access to life-saving medicines, Public Health Minister Chaiya Sasomsab said yesterday. The minister indicated that the end of CL could come in the near future because we ve got sufficient drugs for treating major diseases like Aids, h
Thai-US Trade: CL trade-off feared at talks: Bangkok Post - June 6, 2008; Apiradee Treerutkuarkul; Next week s trade mission to the United States is raising worries over the future of compulsory licensing (CL) of life-saving medicines. The action plan which the negotiating team led by commerce permanent secretary Siriphol Yodmuangcharoen intends to put to Washington is likely to involve the CL policy to bypass paten
HIV/Aids campaign receives 3.2 billion baht boost: Bangkok Post - June 5, 2008; Apiradee Treerutkuarkul; The Global Fund to Fight Aids has allocated US$98 million (3.2 billion baht) to continue supporting the anti-HIV/Aids campaign in Thailand for another six years. The funding will help the country carry on with its HIV/Aids prevention and treatment strategy, and will replace the present budget which runs out in Septembe
Politics: Former GPO chief to contest his sacking: Bangkok Post - May 24, 2008; Vichai Chokewiwat, former chairman of the board of the Government Pharmaceutical Organisation (GPO), is to lodge a petition opposing his sacking to the Administrative Court next week. Dr Vichai, a key advocate of compulsory licensing, said he will seek justice from the court and accused Public Health Minister Chaiya Sa
Editorial: Is he good for our health?: Bangkok Post - May 23, 2008; The sacking of the Government Pharmaceutical Organisation s board of directors earlier this week has stunned the medical establishment. Public Health Minister Chaiya Sasomsab had openly made known that he wanted the state enterprise s chairman, Dr Vichai Chokewiwat, replaced. And on Tuesday he received the Cabinet s ap
Politics: Cabinet sacks entire board of the GPO: Bangkok Post - May 21, 2008; A key advocate of compulsory licensing, Dr Vichai Chokewiwat, has been removed from the position of chairman of the board of the Government Pharmaceutical Organisation (GPO). The cabinet yesterday endorsed the sacking of the entire board, on the recommendation of Public Health Minister Chaiya Sasomsab. Thirachai Wuthit
HIV/AIDS: Results from vaccine trial 'promising': Bangkok Post - May 15, 2008; Apiradee Treerutkuarkul; RAYONG: The final phase of an Aids vaccine trial in Thailand which is due to be completed next year has showed promising results as the latest results revealed that the number of volunteers who contracted the virus was lower than expected, experts say. Of the total of 16,402 volunteers recruited for the clinical trial,
Compulsory Licensing: Aids drugs now available: Bangkok Post - May 8, 2008; Apiradee Treerutkuarkul; Second-line generic Aids drugs have already reached most HIV-positive patients as a direct result of the compulsory licensing (CL) policy, the National Health Security Office (NHSO) says. Delivery of the first batch of the generic version of the drug Kaletra , worth 21 million baht, to state hospitals throughout the co
Commentary: Thailand's women suffer in silence: Bangkok Post - May 1, 2008; Sanitsuda Ekachai**; You die from going without food, not from without making love. This much-recited line from our folk epic Khun Chang Khun Phaen seems a fitting consolation for Thai women amid the skyrocketing food prices and a news report that 70% of our sisters must endure lousy sex. If you wonder why I link these two things together
Pharmaceutical Organisation: Union - No pharma rep on GPO board: Bangkok Post - April 30, 2008; Apiradee Treerutkuarkul; Members of the Government Pharmaceutical Organisation labour union rallied in front of the state drug enterprise yesterday in protest against Public Health Minister Chaiya Sasomsab s plan to appoint a representative from the pharmaceutical industry to the GPO board. Mr Chaiya last week proposed the appointment of Teera
Intellectual Property: US hoping for more cooperation on piracy: Bangkok Post - April 29, 2008; Woranuj Maneerungsee; The United States is hoping the new government will cave in to the latest US pressure and offer closer cooperation on the issue of intellectual property rights, including compulsory licensing. Thailand is among a handful of countries being closely watched by US trade authorities. Visiting US under-secretary of comm
Editorial: US 'lumping' CL with IPR: Bangkok Post - April 28, 2008; The new and tougher US criticism of Thailand over intellectual property rights (IPR) exposes a widening gulf between the two countries on the vital issue of copyright. The US demands more and tougher crackdowns on pirates; Thailand is already spending millions on that. Washington insists everyone must play by the rules
Minister bows to pressure: Chaiya agrees to talks on GPO board member: Bangkok Post - April 28, 2008; Kultida Samabuddhi; Embattled Public Health Minister Chaiya Sasomsab has bowed to fierce criticism of his plan to appoint a representative of the pharmaceutical industry to the board of the Government Pharmaceutical Organisation (GPO). He has promised to hold talks with health officials before going ahead with the proposal. Mr Chaiya agai
HIV-positive men want drugs soon: Bangkok Post - April 24, 2008; Apiradee Treerutkuarkul & Cheewin Sattha; HIV-positive men are unhappy about the sluggish distribution of Aids drugs sold under the trade name Kaletra . A state policy allowing a generic version of the medicine to be imported has been in place for more than a year, but few patients have been treated with it, even after developing resistance to first-line drugs
Internet Cafe Rapes: Boys given antiviral drugs: Bangkok Post - April 24, 2008; Two boys, aged seven and eight, who were forcibly sodomised by a homosexual youth at an internet cafe near Chao Phor Suea Shrine early this month, have been given antiviral drugs as they face the risk of HIV infection. The drugs were given as a precaution as the 17-year-old suspected rapist, who is now in police detent
Editorial: The Red Cross and bad blood: Bangkok Post - April 04, 2008; Thailand s Red Cross Society should reveal more scientific evidence to support its decision to ban homosexuals from giving blood donations. Thailand s Disease Control Department has found that the greatest risk of contracting HIV/Aids comes from having unprotected sex, regardless of whether someone is homosexual or het
New steps to fight HIV-drug resistance - 12% of patients need alternative to GPO-VIR: Bangkok Post - April 04, 2008; Apiradee Treerutkuarkul; An increase in the number of HIV-positive people with resistance to the first-line drug GPO-VIR has prompted health authorities to step up preventive measures on viral load screening. The Disease Control Department made a study of HIV-positive people who have taken the medicine for six months, and found 12% had develop
Compulsory Licensing: CL vital so long as healthcare lacks funds: Bangkok Post - April 02, 2008; Apiradee Treerutkuarkul; Public Health Minister Chaiya Sasomsab has finally decided to push forward the policy on compulsory licensing, spearheaded by his predecessor Dr Mongkol Na Songkhla, to extend access to four generic versions of cancer drugs. Mr Chaiya s about-turn is seen as an attempt to tone down mounting pressure on himself - eviden
Red Cross bans gay donors: New rule rejects blood from homosexual men: Bangkok Post - March 31, 2008; Apiradee Treerutkuarkul; The Thai Red Cross Society has resolved to reject blood donations from homosexual men in a move which has met with strong opposition from human rights organisations. The decision came after a study found that men who had sex with other men were at risk of contracting HIV/Aids and transmitting the blood-borne virus.
Health Minister: Letter to impeach submitted: Bangkok Post - March 29, 2008; Health activists and an alliance of cancer and Aids patients have submitted a statement of intent to the Senate to proceed with the impeachment of Public Health Minister Chaiya Sasomsab over his compulsory licensing (CL) policy. In their letter given to Senate Speaker Prasopsuk Boondech, the activists said they would g
HIV/Aids cases on rise again -- Survey: Unprotected, casual sex to blame: Bangkok Post - March 20, 2008; Apiradee Treerutkuarkul; Casual and unprotected sex is being blamed for the high number of new HIV/Aids cases - with at least 40 people a day being infected. The number was released in a survey by the national sub-committee on Aids prevention. The survey results have prompted health authorities to dust off a campaign to encourage the use of co
Drug Licensing: USTR urges more talks by all parties on CL policy: Bangkok Post - March 19, 2008; Apiradee Treerutkuarkul; The US Trade Representative (USTR) yesterday called for more participation by all parties concerned including drug companies in talks over the issue of compulsory licences for drugs. The call was made in a 30-minute meeting between Barbara Weisel, the assistant USTR for Southeast Asia, and deputy public health permanen
Patient forum agrees on need for CL: Cancer and Aids victims get together to voice their views on government policies: Bangkok Post - March 16, 2008; Apiradee Treerutkuarkul; A patient forum was held for the first time yesterday on access to drug and medical treatment. The forum, chaired by health advocate and former senator Jon Ungpakorn, was attended by about 100 cancer and heart disease patients as well as people living with HIV/Aids who shared their views on problems relating to public
Patent-Breaking: GPO plans to make heart, Aids drugs: Bangkok Post - March 13, 2008; Apiradee Treerutkuarkul; The Government Pharmaceutical Organisation (GPO) plans to manufacture local versions of anti-Aids and heart drugs that are listed under the compulsory licensing scheme. Witit Artavatkun, GPO managing director, yesterday said imports of two antiretroviral medicines, Efavirenz and Lopinavir/
Women's Day: Making money really work for the marginalised: Bangkok Post - March 7, 2008; Dr. Jean D'Cunha**; All 10 Asean countries have ratified the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women, and have endorsed the Beijing Platform for Action, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security. Integrating gender equality and women s empow
Editorial: Stance on CL must be clear: Bangkok Post - March 7, 2008; With the whole world watching, the new government must make absolutely clear its stand on the matter of compulsory licensing. The mixed signals being sent out so far have led many to fear this life-saving policy might be scrapped. Immediately after his appointment as the new health minister, Chaiya Sasomsab announced h
FDA chief removed in Health shake-up: Siriwat seen as backing compulsory licensing: Bangkok Post - February 27, 2008; Apiradee Treerutkuarkul; Secretary-general of the Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) Siriwat Tiptaradol has been transferred to an inactive post in a move observers see as linked to the compulsory licensing (CL) policy. Mr Siriwat is the second senior official to be suddenly moved from his position by the government. Sunai Manomai-udom w
Academic hits at US over CL: Thailand should ask WTO to help, says Aat: Bangkok Post - February 23, 2008; Apiradee Treerutkuarkul; Thailand should also petition the World Trade Organisation (WTO) if Washington takes the compulsory licensing dispute to the organisation, says Aat Pisanwanich, an economics lecturer at the Thai Chamber of Commerce University. Like the US, Thailand is also a WTO member country and seeking flexibilities under the Trad
Compulsory Licensing: Chaiya's plan for CL policyreview hits major hurdle: Bangkok Post - February 20, 2008; Apiradee Treerutkuarkul; A plan by Public Health Minister Chaiya Sasomsab to review the policy on compulsory licensing (CL) for four cancer drugs has hit a major obstacle after officials from three ministries found that it cannot be revoked. Mr Chaiya said permanent secretaries of the commerce, foreign affairs and public health ministries had
Straight to The Point: The time to end drug patents is now: Bangkok Post - February 20, 2008; Jon Ungphakorn**; Nothing highlights the inhumanity of the global economic system better than drug patents. Because of drug patents, numerous life-saving drugs for treating Aids, cancer, heart disease, etc, are priced at anything between five times to 20 times their production cost, putting them out of reach of millions of people across
Minister underattack for plan to reverse CL: Bangkok Post - February 19, 2008; Pradit Ruangdit And Nareerat Wiriyapong; -- Opposition and NLA members oppose idea Public Health Minister Chaiya Sasomsab s plan to cancel the compulsory licensing (CL) of patented medicines came under attack from the opposition Democrats and the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) on the first day of the government policy debate yesterday. Democrat leader Ab
New health report rule imposed: Bangkok Post - February 16, 2008; Apinya Wipatayotin; Rayong - Industry from now on will also be required to submit health impact assessment (HIA) study reports for approval before going ahead with their investment projects, in a bid to protect surrounding communities from life-threatening industrial pollution. Drafted by experts from the Public Health and the Natural Res
Intellectual Property Rights: CL not the cause of sanctions, says expert: Bangkok Post - February 16, 2008; Apiradee Treerutkuarkul; The possible downgrading of the country by the US Trade Representative to make Thailand fall into the Priority Foreign Country list - so that Thailand could face US trade sanctions - has nothing to do with the state s compulsory licensing policy on drugs. Importing the cheaper generic versions of some expensive patente
Compulsory Licensing: Decision on drug patents to be made next week: Bangkok Post - February 15, 2008; The ministers of commerce, foreign affairs and health are to meet next week to make a decision on the compulsory licensing (CL) of some drugs. Tharit Charungvat, the Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesman, told the media the permanent secretaries of the three ministries widely discussed the advantages and disadvantages of
Decision today on drug patent busting: Licensing for cancer medicines may end: Bangkok Post - February 14, 2008; Apiradee Treerutkuarkul & Phusadee Arunmas; The commerce, public health, and foreign affairs ministries will meet today to make a joint decision on whether compulsory licensing (CL) on three cancer drugs should be discontinued. The urgent meeting follows the cabinet s decision on Tuesday to delay reviewing CL, a highly sensitive and controversial issue. The Comm
Hard landing after 'goodwill' feast: Chaiya makes it clear he puts trade benefits above compulsory drug licensing: Bangkok Post - February 14, 2008; -- Former PM Thaksin may return to Thailand as early as this month / Several Democrat MPs weren t sure the party should have proposed Abhisit as alternative PM Public Health Minister Chaiya Sasomsab made headlines recently on his first day in office when he threw a Chinese banquet for 400 ministry officials on Chinese
Samak orders talks on drug patent breaking: But activists see move as a tactic to buy time: Bangkok Post - February 13, 2008; Anucha Charoenpo & Apiradee Treerutkuarkul; Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej has instructed the Public Health Ministry to hold talks with the Foreign and Commerce ministries to decide if it should go ahead with the coup-appointed government s scheme to bypass heart and cancer drug patents. The decision was seen by health advocates and consumer groups as a tactic
Compulsory Licensing -- Under threat: access to life-saving drugs: Bangkok Post - February 12, 2008; Apiradee Treerutkuarkul; -- As expected, the new government is apparently taking a pro-business view on the issue of compulsory licensing Despite the uproar, the new Public Health Minister Chaiya Sasomsab s vow on his first day in the office to review the ministerial announcement of compulsory licensing schemes for four cancer medicines, did n
'Stop the review': Bangkok Post - February 11, 2008; Apiradee Treerutkuarkul; Health activists, cancer and Aids patients yesterday urged Public Health Minister Chaiya Sasomsab to stick with the compulsory licences on cancer and Aids drugs announced by the previous government. About 50 protesters from a network of people living with HIV/Aids and cancer patients gathered at the Public Health Minis
Editorial: The scourge of fake medicine: Bangkok Post - February 9, 2008; Newly-appointed Public Health Minister Chaiya Sasomsab has started to diagnose his ministry s ills and has already put the thorny issue of compulsory licensing on his agenda, along with the latest regional outbreak of bird flu. Surprisingly, he says he will also give his attention to fighting the menace of dengue fever
Chaiya warned against ending drug licensing: Bangkok Post - February 8, 2008; Theerawut Sathitphattarakul; -- Mongkol: People will know who benefits New Public Health Minister Chaiya Sasomsab came under fire yesterday from his predecessor, medical experts and health activists for his plan to review the compulsory licensing (CL) of cancer medications. Former public health minister Mongkol na Songkhla said Mr Chaiya had the r
Report on access to drugs due next week: Bangkok Post - February 5, 2008; Apiradee Treerutkuarkul; A report by international trade and health experts which aims to help Thailand extend public access to costly life-saving drugs by seeking flexibility in global trade rules will reach the new government by next week. Paul Cawthorne, the head of mission for Medicin Sans Frontieres (MSF), said it was very good news aft
Thailand in forefront of race for better health: Bangkok Post - February 1, 2008; Joy Phumaphi**; For millions of the world s poorest people, ill-health and disease too often go hand in hand with grinding poverty and blunted national aspirations. In looking for solutions to this troubling state of global health, we can learn a great deal from Thailand . Given that most of the world s development thinking cascades f
After-Effect Of Compulsory Licensing: Activists want panel's decision on Aluvia drug reviewed: Bangkok Post - January 18, 2008; Apiradee Treerutkuarkul; Health and consumer activists will ask the Administrative Court to look into the Internal Trade Department s decision not to take legal action against the US pharmaceutical giant Abbott Laboratories for alleged violations of trade laws. Abbott cancelled the registration of the heat-stable version of an anti-retroviral
FDA nod for generic cancer drug: Bangkok Post - January 15, 2008; Apiradee Treerutkuarkul; In a move to increase public access to affordable cancer drugs, the Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) has registered one of three generic versions of a cancer drug that is likely to be listed for a compulsory license. Public Health Minister Mongkol Na Songkhla yesterday said Indian-made cancer drug docetaxel had pas

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