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Thailand produces its first targeted cancer drug
Post Reporters, Published on 11/07/2025
» Thailand has produced its first locally developed targeted therapy pill for cancer treatment. Imcranib 100 is the result of the scientific vision and leadership of Her Royal Highness Princess Chulabhorn Krom Phra Srisavangavadhana.
Bitter pill: Cuba runs low on life-saving medicines
AFP, Published on 09/07/2025
» HAVANA - Cuban Jessica Rodriguez never knows if she will find the medicines that keep her four-year-old son alive in a country that has all but run out of essential drugs.
Millions of meth pills seized in North
News, Panumate Tanraksa, Published on 01/07/2025
» CHIANG MAI - Police have made two large drug seizures in the far North - 10 million methamphetamine pills concealed in a cargo of speaker boxes and another 600,000 found in parcels left at an express delivery service.
US approves twice-yearly injection to prevent HIV
AFP, Published on 19/06/2025
» WASHINGTON - The US Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved Gilead Sciences’ twice-yearly injection to prevent HIV — a move the company hailed as a major breakthrough in the fight against the sexually transmitted virus.
Venezuela's El Dorado, where gold is currency of the poor
AFP, Published on 17/06/2025
» EL DORADO — In the Venezuelan mining community of El Dorado, the majority of residents carry around gold instead of cards or cash to pay for groceries.
Police nab 5 foreigners on Koh Phangan
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 07/06/2025
» SURAT THANI: Police have arrested five foreigners on Koh Phangan in three separate cases involving illegal employment, visa overstay and drug and firearm-related offences.
Smuggler killed, 200,000 meth pills seized in armed clash
Online Reporters, Published on 05/06/2025
» CHANG MAI — A drug smuggler was killed and 200,000 methamphetamine pills and 20 kilogrammes of opium were seized in a clash between a group of armed traffickers and an army patrol in Fang district of this northern border province in the early hours of Thursday.
Drug claims overshadow Musk's Oval Office farewell
AFP, Published on 31/05/2025
» WASHINGTON - Elon Musk faced accusations Friday that he used so much ketamine on the 2024 campaign trail that he developed bladder problems, as the billionaire prepared to give a farewell press conference with Donald Trump.
Abortion pill inventor Etienne-Emile Baulieu dies aged 98
AFP, Published on 30/05/2025
» PARIS - French scientist Etienne-Emile Baulieu, known as the inventor of the abortion pill, died at the age of 98 at his home in Paris on Friday, his wife told AFP.
PM's UK trip a downer
Postbag, Published on 25/05/2025
» Re: "PM shores up trade prospects on UK trip", (BP, May 24).