News items related to: Thailand
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Civil society files lawsuit against Thai Department of Intellectual Property as “failure to reject TB patent is unlawful”
Translated 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
Japanese 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
The 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
We 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
Johnson & 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
Favipiravir, 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”
Yupa, 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
Interviewed by Gemma Taylor. “I was diagnosed with HIV at 21, in 1995. Treatment wasn’t available in Thailand at the...
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“Children are suffering side-effects from sub-standard HIV treatment”
The 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
Written by Gemma Taylor. Noi, 48, is a regional coordinator for the Issan region of Thailand, with the Thai national...
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To achieve universal health coverage, people living with HIV and marginalized communities must be at the centre – says APN+
On Universal Health Coverage Day (12 December), our campaign partner the Asia Pacific Network of People Living with HIV (APN+)...
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World AIDS Day GALLERY: Communities work for optimal HIV treatment in Thailand
When Jeed found out he was living with HIV he made funeral arrangements so that his mother wouldn’t have to....