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New hearing date set in Nescafé dispute
Post Reporters, Published on 17/04/2025
» The Min Buri Civil Court has set June 20 for a hearing on a petition by Nestlé in an increasingly bitter dispute over the Nescafé coffee business with its former Thai joint-venture partner.
RID to patent first multifunctional unmanned aerial vehicle in region
News, Post Reporters, Published on 24/06/2023
» The Royal Irrigation Department (RID) will register its self-developed unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to obtain a patent, making it the first multifunctional UAV in Southeast Asia.
Top executive Narong Chokwatana dies of Covid at 78
Post Reporters, Published on 17/07/2021
» Narong Chokwatana, a former senior executive of the consumer goods giant Sahapat Group, died of Covid-19 on Friday. He was 78.
GPO cleared to make its own Favipiravir tablets
News, Post Reporters, Published on 07/05/2021
» The path has been cleared for the Government Pharmaceutical Organization (GPO) to produce one million tablets a month of the antiviral medicine Favipiravir after the Department of Intellectual Property (DIP) rejected a request by a company to patent the drug here.
TCC urges govt to support local antiviral drug production
News, Post Reporters, Published on 29/04/2021
» The Thailand Consumers Council (TCC) yesterday called on the government to support the Government Pharmaceutical Organisation (GPO) make its own favipiravir -- the antiviral medicine used as a treatment for Covid-19.
Hopes for 2021 EU negotiation revival
Business, Post Reporters, Published on 03/12/2020
» Trade negotiations for the long-awaited Thai-EU free trade agreement (FTA) are likely to resume by early next year.
CPTPP could lead to 'soaring' health costs
News, Post Reporters, Published on 18/07/2020
» The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) will cost Thailand considerably more in medicines and make the country further reliant on imported drugs while leaving state-owned drugmakers in a difficult position, according to a study by Chulalongkorn University.
Outbreak spurs rush of medical patent requests
News, Post Reporters, Published on 08/05/2020
» Fifty-one requests have been filed with the Commerce Ministry seeking to patent medical innovations created as a result of the Covid-19 outbreak, according to the ministry.
Plant barcoding to protect biodiversity
News, Post Reporters, Published on 20/07/2019
» Thailand has adopted a DNA barcoding system in order to protect herbal plant species.
Hemp extract touted as pot substitute
News, Post Reporters, Published on 08/06/2019
» A neurology professor has urged the government to use kanchong, or hemp extract, for medical purposes as marijuana oil supplies are likely to fall short.