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Baiya working on 'milestone' cancer treatment from tobacco plant
News, Published on 02/07/2023
» A Thai plant-based pharmaceutical company has produced antibodies against cancer from tobacco and undertaken successful trials using lab animals, it said.
NVI elevated to Program Management Unit for vaccine research and innovation
Published on 21/07/2022
» The National Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation Policy Council has announced the National Vaccine Institute (NVI) as a Program Management Unit (PMU) through which the NVI will be responsible for managing national funding for vaccine research, development and manufacturing in Thailand from the fiscal year 2023 onward.
Sinopharm testing Omicron vaccine
Published on 16/04/2022
» BEIJING: The Chinese drugmaker Sinopharm says a subsidiary has received approval for clinical trials of a new vaccine specifically to target the Omicron coronavirus variant.
Experts: Deltacron is rare, similar to Omicron
Published on 24/03/2022
» In recent days, scientists have reported that a hybrid of the omicron and delta coronavirus variants has been popping up in several countries in Europe. Here’s what is known about the hybrid, which has picked up the Frankensteinian nicknames of deltamicron or deltacron.
China to stick with zero-Covid policy, but the rules may be 'refined'
Published on 07/03/2022
» HONG KONG: China's strict Covid-19 control measures are unlikely to be eased in the near future, but will be fine-tuned to minimise disruptions to economic growth, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang implied.
Hope beyond cure
News, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 08/03/2021
» Suthira Taychakhoonavudh loves teaching. But now wearing a different hat as a CEO and co-founder of Baiya Phytopharm, many times she feels the stress is almost too much to bear.
Sanofi, GSK Covid vaccine delayed until end of 2021
AFP, Published on 11/12/2020
» PARIS: France's Sanofi and Britain's GSK said Friday their Covid-19 vaccines will not be ready until the end of 2021, after interim results showed a low immune response in older adults.
COVID-19 Spurs Thailand’s Rise as Global Medical Hub
Published on 29/09/2020
» When Professor Sir Nick White arrived in Thailand from Oxford University 40 years ago to join a small medical research unit, his duties included treating malaria and milking venomous snakes. Today, from his base at Bangkok’s Mahidol University, he leads an international team conducting a worldwide COVID-19 drug trial.
Race for vaccine tests limits of drug innovation
AFP, Published on 31/03/2020
» PARIS: From medical workers struggling to care for the rising tide of Covid-19 patients to the billions of people told to stay home to slow the pandemic, everyone is waiting for one thing: a vaccine.
Coronavirus drugs: Who's doing what, and when they might come
AFP, Published on 17/03/2020
» WASHINGTON: Pharmaceuticals and research labs across the world are racing to find vaccines and treatments for the new coronavirus, using a variety of different technologies.