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Bangkok minimarts raided for selling unlicensed drugs
Online Reporters, Published on 11/06/2025
» Five employees were arrested and more than 5,000 unlicensed drugs and herbal products seized during a police-led raid on six Bangkok minimarts, some of which employed migrant workers as pharmacists.
Thai anti-Covid nasal spray ready for commercial sale
Online Reporters, Published on 26/09/2022
» A nasal spray to prevent Covid-19 infection developed by Thai medical researchers will be available for commercial sale from Oct 1, Worawan Chaikamnerd, chief executive officer of Hibiocy Co and Rojukiss International Public Company Ltd announced on Monday.
Thousands of medical workers have caught Covid
Online Reporters, Published on 24/11/2021
» More than 4,000 medical workers have been infected with Covid-19 since February last year, a senior health official said on Wenesday.
Covid home-testing kits approved
Online Reporters, Published on 16/07/2021
» The Food and Drug Administration has approved and registered four rapid antigen Covid-19 test kits for home use.
Move to let folk doctors prescribe cannabis
Online Reporters, Published on 21/07/2019
» New Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has ordered ministerial regulations to be revised in a bid to help assist 3,000 folk medicine practitioners, including activist Decha Siripat, to prescribe cannabis for treatment without violating narcotic laws.
Medical marijuana use training begins, for 2-year licence
Online Reporters, Published on 29/04/2019
» The Public Health Ministry on Monday launched a two-day training course in the medical use of marijuana for physicians, dentists, pharmacists and folk doctors, with those who pass subsequent exams eligible for two-year licences.
Majority opposed to new drug bill: Nida Poll
Online Reporters, Published on 09/09/2018
» A majority of people disagree with the new drug bill proposed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) which would allow health-related professionals other than pharmacists to dispense drugs, saying that they have more confidence in pharmacists, according to an opinion survey conducted by the National Institute for Development Administration, or Nida Poll.