"Medicine"

“We can’t do anything about it,” Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said after criticism that Thailand was not one of 95 countries scheduled to receive Pfizer’s technology transfer for its Paxlovid antiviral pills.

The Public Health Ministry has signed a memorandum of understanding with Rx Leaf World Medica on setting up an unparalleled international medical cannabis research centre.

The Department of Medical Services has requested a budget for medicines and risk expenses to buy Molnupiravir tablets, Department of Medical Services director-general Dr Somsak Akksilp said on Wednesday.

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) has approved an initial request by the Public Health Ministry to import 50,000 courses of molnupiravir to be used to treat Covid-19 patients, CCSA spokesman Dr Taweesilp Visanuyothin said on Thursday.

The Department of Cultural Promotion on Tuesday launched its savoury “Thai Taste Therapy” project in a bid to promote traditional Thai cuisine and its health benefits around the world, hoping to create a new global tag called “the World’s Tastiest Medicine”.

The National Health Security Office (NHSO) has partnered with the Public Health Ministry and Government Pharmaceutical Organisation (GPO) to distribute 8.5 million Covid-19 antigen test kits (ATK) to hospitals and pharmacies across Thailand.

Patients with coronavirus awaiting treatment should receive standardised favipiravir medication immediately, the Department of Medicine has said.

Chulabhorn Royal Academy (CRA) will supply antiviral Favipiravir syrup for free from Friday (August 6) to treat Covid-19 infections in children, the elderly and patients with swallowing problems.

The “Mor Mai Thon” (Doctors Won’t Tolerate) group is demanding that the government procure mRNA vaccines for frontline medics after the leaked minutes of a meeting about the distribution of donated Pfizer vaccines created an uproar on social media on Sunday.

The Royal Gazette on June 4 added five herbal medicines to the National List of Essential Medicinal Herbs.

A consignment of 2.2 million Favipiravir pills ordered from Japan is arriving on April 26. The order was placed after the Ministry of Public Health urged state agencies to prepare for the latest Covid-19 wave.

Doctors have linked the temporary paralysis suffered by six health workers in Rayong to the Sinovac jabs they had received. The vaccine had apparently created blood clots within 30 minutes of administration, but it was temporary as the problem was solved fairly quickly with medication.