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Biothai wades into patents row
News, Post Reporters, Published on 19/11/2018
» An advocacy group is calling on the Department of Intellectual Property to better regulate the patenting of cannabis extracts in traditional Thai medicines.
BioThai slams wet market closures
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 25/01/2021
» The government must not resort to preferential treatment when it comes to enforcing orders to close wet markets as part of Covid-19 containment measures, says the BioThai Foundation.
Suit against BioThai thrown out
News, Post Reporters, Published on 16/12/2021
» The Criminal Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition against Witoon Lienchamroon, founder of BioThai, over accusations he defamed someone under the Computer Act in a debate over farm chemical bans in 2019.
BioThai wary of gene-edited crops move
News, Oraphin Phangyang, Published on 11/02/2024
» BioThai is urging the government to exercise caution on any decision regarding gene-editing crops following the European Parliament decision last week to give them the green light, which also came with strict regulations.
Biothai, FTA Watch to float advice on marijuana
News, Post Reporters, Published on 11/01/2019
» Biodiversity Sustainable Agriculture Food Sovereignty Action Thailand (Biothai) and FTA Watch will put forward a five-point proposal to prevent the patenting of marijuana extracts by large, foreign pharmaceutical firms.
CPF suit against Biothai a test case for transparency
News, Post Reporters, Published on 06/10/2025
» As Thailand faces mounting environmental challenges, a legal battle between agribusiness giant Charoen Pokphand Foods Plc (CPF) and civil society organisation Biothai has become a test case for transparency, accountability and the boundaries of public debate.
Govt rejects US opposition to farm chemicals ban
Post Reporters, Published on 25/10/2019
» The government has rejected US opposition to its decision to ban use of three toxic farm chemicals, the herbicides paraquat and glyphosate and the pesticide chlorpyrifos.
Weed on road to legalisation
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 26/12/2018
» A bill to legalise the strictly controlled production, import and use of marijuana and kratom for medical and research purposes was passed yesterday, amid concerns that patents on marijuana extracts will be secured mainly by large, foreign pharmaceutical companies.
Dec 1 hearing set in CP Foods suit against activist
News, Post Reporters, Published on 23/10/2025
» NONTHABURI - The Nonthaburi Provincial Court has set Dec 1 for pretrial evidence examination in a closely watched criminal defamation suit filed by Charoen Pokphand Foods Plc (CPF) against an environmental activist.
NGO goes into bat for farmers
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 07/01/2019
» The name of Biothai, a non-governmental organisation, usually comes up when there are cases of foreign companies trying to patent traditional plants and their extracts.