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Raids yield haul of illegal antivirals
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 05/08/2022
» The Ministry of Public Health warned the public not to purchase antiviral drugs without a prescription after its staff joined police to raid houses in Bangkok. They seized 80,000 illegally imported tablets worth about 10 million baht being sold online.
GPO denies any drug-stock crisis
News, Post Reporters, Published on 16/07/2022
» The Government Pharmaceutical Organization (GPO) has dismissed claims by a group of doctors that a shortage of antiviral medications for Covid-19 is imminent due to low stocks, saying it is supplying more of the drugs to hospitals nationwide.
Favipiravir in good supply, ministry says
News, Post Reporters, Published on 30/03/2022
» The Public Health Ministry said on Tuesday there are sufficient favipiravir pills in stock and it will procure more anti-viral tablets ahead of the Songkran festival next month, after the Rural Doctor Society (RDS) complained about a shortage of anti-Covid drugs.
Elderly patients to get molnupiravir first
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 19/03/2022
» Two million capsules of molnupiravir, the first oral medicine against Covid-19, arrived in the country on Friday for use as a prescribed medicine for high-risk patient groups, according to the Department of Medical Services.
RDS completes city mass testing mission
News, Post Reporters, Published on 11/08/2021
» The Rural Doctors Society (RDS) has completed its mission to help conduct Covid-19 mass testing on at least 50,000 people in 26 locations across Bangkok, Samut Prakan and Nakhon Pathom, with 10,357 people testing positive over the five-day period.
GPO sets 143m favipiravir goal
News, Post Reporters, Published on 11/08/2021
» The Government Pharmaceutical Organisation (GPO) has set a target to source 143 million antiviral drug favipiravir tablets this month and next month in order to stave off a possible shortage in the face of the intensifying Covid-19 crisis.
'More patients to be given Favipiravir'
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 08/08/2021
» The Public Health Ministry has decided to administer Favipiravir to more groups of Covid-19 patients and is planning to stockpile 420 million tablets of the antiviral drug.
Syrup version of Covid medication developed
News, Post Reporters, Published on 04/08/2021
» Chulabhorn Royal Academy (CRA) and Chulalongkorn University's Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences have jointly developed a liquid form of favipiravir to expand treatment options for Covid-19 patients who have difficulty taking medication orally.
Order goes in for 27m more pills
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 04/08/2021
» The National Health Security Office (NHSO) will purchase another 27 million tablets of the antiviral drug favipiravir this year and next year for the treatment of Covid-19 patients.
NHSO to purchase another 27m tablets of anti-viral drug favipiravir
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 03/08/2021
» The National Health Security Office (NHSO) will purchase an additional 27 million tablets of the anti-viral drug favipiravir this year and next year for the treatment of Covid-19 patients