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Pharmacists step up protests against FDA's drugs bill
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 13/10/2014
» Pharmacists at various hospitals nationwide last week began protesting against a new version of the drugs bill approved by the Council of State (CoS), causing a headache for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which is overseeing the bill's amendment.
Chemists win more time over drugs bill
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 10/10/2014
» About 300 pharmacists rallied at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters yesterday to protest against a pharmaceutical bill which seeks to allow people other than doctors and pharmacists to dispense drugs.
Siriraj claims first Ebola antibody
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 03/10/2014
» Researchers at Mahidol University's Siriraj Hospital claimed yesterday to have developed the world's first Ebola antibody treatment.
Illegal meds harm more than heal
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 22/09/2014
» Eight years of polypharmacy — the use of multiple medications simultaneously — made Mariam Sriruangtong, 65, unable to walk.
Baraku operators complain their livelihoods are up in smoke
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 08/09/2014
» Baraku or shisha service operators at pubs and restaurants along Bangkok's busy tourist streets are outraged over the National Council for Peace and Order order to ban the import of the Middle-Eastern style hookah pipe, a device used to smoke baraku, a tobacco-type product.
4 drugs join low-cost scheme
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 06/08/2014
» Four expensive medicines for breast cancer, hepatitis C and leukemia have been added to the national drug lists.
Health bodies seek sack of GPO chiefs
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 08/07/2014
» Health activist groups have urged the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) to sack board members of the Government Pharmaceutical Organisation (GPO) for alleged poor performance and corruption related problems.
Experts urge curb on e-cigarette sales
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 26/05/2014
» Health experts are calling for legal restrictions to curb the sale of electronic cigarettes.
Social security scheme ‘failing members’
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 20/05/2014
» Health activists are calling for the social security scheme (SSS) to be overhauled to bring it up to the standard of other national healthcare schemes.
Hep C drugs price slashed
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 13/05/2014
» The National Health Security Office (NHSO) has negotiated with two pharmaceutical companies to reduce the price of hepatitis C drugs by 70%.