Civil society files lawsuit against Thai Department of Intellectual Property as “failure to reject TB patent is unlawful”
News Press releaseTranslated from the original press release published in Thai, by The Standard and Prachathai. On 2 February 2021, a civil...
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“No more delay – reject patent request for potential COVID-19 drug” urges Thai civil society
NewsJapanese company Fujifilm-Toyama has filed for patents on favipiravir in Thailand. Favipiravir is an antiviral drug which has been used...
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Pan-genotypic Hep-C drug added to Thai health system
NewsThe first pan-genotypic Hepatitis C drug, which can be prescribed without the requirement for expensive and limited testing to determine...
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A Tribute: Dr. Mongkol Na Songkhla – Putting Health Before Trade
NewsWe join our partner in Thailand, and activists around the world, to pay tribute to Dr. Mongkol Na Songkhla, a...
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Thailand submits patent opposition on TB drug for children
NewsJohnson & Johnson’s TB drug, bedaquiline (BDQ) can improve lives. The pediatric version is not substantially different to the adult...
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Thai civil society opposes patent on an influenza drug, now used for COVID-19
NewsFavipiravir, originally approved as an influenza drug, is being used to treat COVID-19 patients with pneumonia, alongside anti-malarial and anti-retroviral...
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“Women must be able to decide what they want – for themselves”
InterviewYupa, 46, from Lamphun, Thailand, is advocating for women to have more choices and control over their own sexual and...
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Jeed: HIV treatment was like winning the lottery
Interview“I was diagnosed with HIV at 21, in 1995. Treatment wasn’t available in Thailand at the time, all they could...
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“Children are suffering side-effects from sub-standard HIV treatment”
InterviewThe longer that HIV antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) have been around, the more that is being discovered about long-term side-effects. In...
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“If a pharma exec saw my baby die they’d still overprice their drugs” – Noi, Thailand
InterviewWritten by Gemma Taylor. Noi, 48, is a regional coordinator for the Issan region of Thailand, with the Thai national...
