Thailand reports surge in medical sector investment

A growing number of international and Thai companies are investing in Thailand's medical to help address the C...

September 3, 2020 | Thursday | News
Thailand recognises 3 academic achievements in medical science

Thailand's Department of Medical Sciences Director-General, Dr. Opas Karnkawinpong revealed that at ...

August 28, 2020 | Friday | News
Thailand announces first lifestyle and health collaboration

Thailand based Prudential Life Assurance Public Company Limited (Prudential Thailand) and The 1 CENTRAl LIMITED (The 1) ...

August 13, 2020 | Thursday | News
Thailand accelerates screening for abnormalities in children, women

Thailand Ministry of Public Health develops a model and technology of integrated care for women and newborn childre...

August 12, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Thailand pushing genomics project as centre of medical hub

Thailand, already famed for its world class hospitals and success combating coronavirus, aims to enhance its role as a g...

August 7, 2020 | Friday | News
ADB provides $1.5B to support Thailand's COVID-19 response

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is providing a $1.5 billion loan to support the Government of Thailand’s response...

August 6, 2020 | Thursday | News
CPhI South East Asia moves to 18-20 May 2021

In light of the ongoing travel restrictions impacting industry participation and in consultation with all partners and k...

August 4, 2020 | Tuesday | News
DKSH Thailand leverages advanced technology to combat epidemics

DKSH Thailand Business Technology hosted a seminar in mid-June 2020 on the topic “Preparing for the new normal: ...

July 6, 2020 | Monday | News
Thai MICE venues exhibit new health measures

A long list of Thai MICE (Meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions) venue operators are exhibiting their new he...

June 25, 2020 | Thursday | News
Frozen Wheels addresses growing demand of PPE

US based Frozen Wheels, a leading distributor of food and PPE, is announcing the opening of an office in Thailand&n...

June 24, 2020 | Wednesday | News
EIU launches APAC Economist Intelligence Unit report for heart ailments

  The Cost of Inaction: Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Asia-Pacific   Rehabilitation ...

June 23, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Thailand launches COVID-19 resource centre for events industry

Organisers and stakeholders in business events industry, the Meetings, Incentives, Conventions, Exhibitions (MICE) ...

June 11, 2020 | Thursday | News
Mitsubishi Tanabe receives marketing approval for diabetes drug in Thailand

Japan based Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation (MTPC) has announced that MTPC’s subsidiary in Thailand obtained ...

June 4, 2020 | Thursday | News
Thailand employs Uniview's temperature screening solutions

Through the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Technology, and Prime Ministry's Office, China based Uniview provided enh...

June 1, 2020 | Monday | News
Thailand making efforts to bolster economy

Thailand has performed well in containing the COVID-19 outbreak and mitigating its impact. Since 27 April 2020...

May 29, 2020 | Friday | News
Strategic Investors Invest in CXA Group aiming health ecosystem platform

CXA Group (CXA), Asia’s first employee ecosystem platform for better health, wealth and wellness choices, announce...

May 13, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Thailand unveils new campaign in response to COVID-19 outbreak

Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau or TCEB has announced two projects focusing on digital-based Meetings, in...

April 22, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Thailand approves steps to ease COVID-19 impact

The Board of Investment of Thailand (BOI) has approved a series of measures to mitigate the impact of the coro...

April 15, 2020 | Wednesday | News
COVID 19 cases Malaysia , Taiwan & Thailand : Coronavirus pandemic dashboard

Coronavirus Daily Updates : Malaysia , Taiwan & Thailand  Daily new confirmed cases of COVID-19 per million ...

April 3, 2020 | Friday | News
Yiling Pharmacy receives approval for herbal medicine in Thailand

Shijiazhuang Yiling Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd has released a notice that they had received the approval of the m...

March 31, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Thailand recommends travel control measures for COVID-19

On Thursday, 30 January 2020, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the outbreak of the Coronavirus Diseas...

February 20, 2020 | Thursday | News
DERMALOG develops control system with integrated fever detection

The spread of coronavirus shows that in today's world of fast global travel, outbreaks of infectious diseases can cross ...

February 14, 2020 | Friday | News
Executives call for track-and-trace schemes in Southeast Asia

CPhI’s ASEAN Pharma 2020 Report points to Thailand and Indonesia having the largest near-term generics e...

February 11, 2020 | Tuesday | News
WHO holds first global technical partnership meeting on AMS

WHO in collaboration with the Government of Thailand is organizing a 3-day international AMS technical partners meeting,...

February 10, 2020 | Monday | News
Thailand finds successful cocktail to treat coronavirus

Thailand’s health ministry announced on 3 Feb 2020 that Thailand has marked progress in the treatment of coronavir...

February 4, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Thailand discovers unmet needs in diabetes care

A new study by researchers from Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) in the US and Chulalongkorn and ...

January 24, 2020 | Friday | News
Thailand rapidly screens out pneumonia cases from China

Health surveillance systems have been rapidly deployed at four of Thailand’s most important international airports...

January 20, 2020 | Monday | News
Europ Assistance opens new office in Thailand

Europ Assistance, a part of the Generali Group that is one of the world's leading insurers, has announced the opening of...

January 16, 2020 | Thursday | News
Ping An Good Doctor joins hands with Thailand's BDMS

On 16 December, the world's leading healthcare ecosystem platform, Ping An Healthcare and Technology Company Limite...

December 17, 2019 | Tuesday | News
Drive for ‘Innovation Thailand’

The aim is to generate 5 per cent of GDP or to add 1.5 trillion Thai Baht to the economy in a decade. And the medium to ...

November 11, 2019 | Monday | News
APAC medical societies respond to AMR tsunami

In anticipation of World Antibiotic Awareness Week (18-24 November) the Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Summit Expert Gro...

November 18, 2019 | Monday | News
Plug and Play announces partnerships in Thailand

US-based investment and technical innovation platform Plug and Play has announced its partnership with four of Thai...

October 24, 2019 | Thursday | News
True Digital Park to propel digital economy in South East Asia

True Digital Park, Thailand's first and Southeast Asia's largest digital innovation hub, has announc...

October 9, 2019 | Wednesday | News
Verita Healthcare taps Medical Wellness Industry

Verita Healthcare Group has entered into a joint venture with Minor Group’s Anantara Hotels, Resorts & Spas to...

October 7, 2019 | Monday | News
Medical Fair Thailand 2019 receives breakthrough response

MEDICAL FAIR THAILAND 2019, that took place from September 11-13, proved to be a roaring success as it welcomed more tha...

October 3, 2019 | Thursday | News
Fang Chunming proposes 3 initiatives to speed up medical pilot zones construction

The Fangchenggang International Medical Opening-up Pilot Zone (China) Strategic Dialogue Conference was held in Nanning,...

September 27, 2019 | Friday | News
Thailand Lab International stimulating big investments

Thailand Lab 2019, 9th international trade exhibition and conference on analytical laboratory equipment and technol...

September 26, 2019 | Thursday | News
Thailand positions as trading hub for laboratory equipment

Thailand LAB INTERNATIONAL 2019, the 9th international trade exhibition and conference on Analytical Laboratory Equipmen...

September 26, 2019 | Thursday | News
Thailand to strengthen status as medical hub of ASEAN

The ninth edition of MEDICAL FAIR THAILAND 2019 was inaugurated on 11 Sep 2019 in Bangkok, Thailand. The focus is on add...

September 12, 2019 | Thursday | News
MEDICAL FAIR THAILAND 2019 to address healthcare industry challenges

The ninth edition of MEDICAL FAIR THAILAND 2019 opened, on 11 Sep 2019, by Dr Prapon Tangsrikeartikul, Deputy Permanent ...

September 12, 2019 | Thursday | News
HIMSS AsiaPac19 to address paradigm shift in healthcare

Healthcare and Information Management Systems Society Asia Pacific (HIMSS APAC), supported by the Ministry of Public Hea...

September 3, 2019 | Tuesday | News
Thailand BOI, University Network to spur R&D linkage with industry

The Thailand Board of Investment (BOI) has entered into an agreement with eight of the country's leading unive...

August 21, 2019 | Wednesday | News
BDMS with CNNIC to spread awareness for healthy living

Bangkok Dusit Medical Services Public Company Limited (BDMS), Thailand's largest private healthcare group stre...

August 14, 2019 | Wednesday | News
Researchers unveil new, pain-free approach for prostate cancer screening

An international research team at Mahidol University in Bangkok, Thailand, has demonstrated the potential for a new...

August 7, 2019 | Wednesday | News
Thai startups to capture a major chunk of healthcare market

The medical device market in ASEAN is predicted to be worth US$8.5 billion by 2021, and Thai entrepreneurs want to cut t...

July 30, 2019 | Tuesday | News
Are you up-to-date with the new LABORATORY TRENDS in 2019?

The medical laboratories market is growing rapidly in the Asia-Pacific region mainly due to the growing awareness about ...

July 26, 2019 | Friday | News
CannaBiz Invest Asia to gather global cannabis industry players

CMT's CannaBiz Invest Asia Summit on 29-30 August, 2019 in Bangkok, zooms in on the legal and commercial aspects of medi...

July 19, 2019 | Friday | News
Thais make rice stem cell serum from Thai Rice

The Department of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Commerce, Thailand, has introduced a project called "Think RICE, Think THAI...

June 26, 2019 | Wednesday | News
CytoDyn signs MoU with Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre

CytoDyn, a late-stage US based biotechnology company developing leronlimab (PRO 140), a CCR5 antagonist with the po...

June 24, 2019 | Monday | News
The Seventh HIMSS-Elsevier Digital Healthcare Award in APAC Opens for submission

HIMSS Asia Pacific and Elsevier are proud to announce the call for submissions for the 7th Annual Asia Pa...

May 13, 2019 | Monday | News
Manufacturing growth sees surging demand at CPhI South East Asia

SE Asian demand for manufacturing is being driven by recent regulatory changes and increased generics from Indonesia, Ma...

May 6, 2019 | Monday | News
Asian malaria endgame under threat

Asian malaria experts surveyed in a new report are saying that new tools are needed as the disease is becoming resistant...

April 29, 2019 | Monday | News
APAC biz leaders team up with World Economic Forum to eradicate malaria

In Asia, malaria is being defeated, with a halving of cases in the last 8 years. But, the gains we have made are fr...

April 26, 2019 | Friday | News
Pharma in South East Asia booming as CPhI to open event in Thailand

CPhI South East Asia’s (March 12-14, 2019) first visit to the fast-growing pharma economy of Thailand could not co...

March 1, 2019 | Friday | News
Thailand Board of Investment promotes medical robotics

Under its Thailand 4.0 vision, Thailand plans to leverage on its reputation and excellence in medical services and medic...

February 8, 2019 | Friday | News
Curetis receives regulatory approvals for Unyvero Application Cartridges

Curetis N.V., a developer of next-level molecular diagnostic solutions, has announced that its partner for the commercia...

January 31, 2019 | Thursday | News
Bangkok to host Ascensia diabetes care APAC nurse symposium

Ascensia Diabetes Care is holding its inaugural APAC Nurse Symposium entitled Mastering Challenges in Diabetes Managemen...

January 18, 2019 | Friday | News
Chengdu firms ink pacts for 18 collaborative projects with Thai peers

The highlights of Thailand-Chengdu Cooperation Week 2018, the Economic and Trade Exchange and Business Matching Exchange...

December 19, 2018 | Wednesday | News
Thailand becomes first in Asia to introduce tobacco plain packaging

As per Thailand’s new legislation, by September 2019 all tobacco products will have plain packaging. Thailand alre...

December 19, 2018 | Wednesday | News
Ping An Good Doctor, BDMS announce strategic cooperation

China's leading one-stop healthcare ecosystem platform, Ping An Good Doctor has announced a Memorandum of Understanding ...

November 15, 2018 | Thursday | News
Anti- retrovirus HIV drug Efavirenz receives WHO certification

The World Health Organization (WHO) has certified Thailand Government Pharmaceutical Organization’s anti-retroviru...

November 5, 2018 | Monday | News
Nitrous oxide surges success rates of pediatric dental processes

Researchers from the Chiang Mai University in Thailand published a novel study in the current issue of An...

September 26, 2018 | Wednesday | News
Mundipharma, Novartis to distribute pain medicine in SE Asia

International healthcare organizations, Novartis and Mundipharma, have signed an agreement for the marketing, sales and ...

September 10, 2018 | Monday | News
Thailand LAB INTERNATIONAL to launch a new segment MEDLAB

Asia Pacific is expected to register the highest growth rate during the forecast period owing to the increasing penetrat...

August 1, 2018 | Wednesday | News
TCELS giving a boost to start-ups in the medical and healthcare industry

TCELS have joined hands recently with Mass Challenges to organize the Mentor and StartUp boot camp “Thailand Life ...

July 31, 2018 | Tuesday | News
BookDoc partners with Bumrungrad International Hospital in Thailand

BookDoc is pleased to announce its latest healthcare partner in Thailand, Bumrungrad International Hospital. Bumrungrad ...

June 25, 2018 | Monday | News
Clean-tech pioneer Pipper Standard gets three patents by EPO

Pipper Standard, Thailand's leading brand of natural household cleaning products, has been granted multiple patents by t...

May 23, 2018 | Wednesday | News
Thailand LAB INTERNATIONAL 2018: Professional LAB marketplace for Asia

Singapore- Last year Thailand LAB INTERNATIONAL 2017 welcomed 9,165 trade visitors from 47 countries with 250 top compan...

May 8, 2018 | Tuesday | News
CPhI South East Asia strengthens ASEAN integration

CPhI South East Asia – organised by UBM – has announced that from 2019 onwards it will alternate i...

April 10, 2018 | Tuesday | News
Bhutan, Thailand Health ministries sign MoU

Bhutan Health Minister Tandin Wangchuk has recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on health cooperation wit...

March 6, 2018 | Tuesday | News
PTT to establish production plant for cancer drug

Thailand's state-owned oil and gas giant, PTT is planning to set up the country's first-ever cancer drug production...

January 25, 2018 | Thursday | News
Thailand to work with Pakistan for promoting healthcare

Thailand’s World Medical Central Hospital (WMCH) and Cosmos Health Services (CHS) have signed a joint venture to s...

December 13, 2017 | Wednesday | News
Bristol to work on bacterial resistance in Thailand

UK Research Councils and the Department of Health have awarded a grant to the University of Bristol to lead an inter-dis...

November 17, 2017 | Friday | News
Thailand Lab International 2017 provides a technology platform

VNU Exhibitions Asia Pacific Co. Ltd. which is a joint venture between Jaarbeurs from the Netherlands and TCC Exhibition...

September 12, 2017 | Tuesday | News
Mundipharma launches hygiene products in Thailand

Mundipharma, the makers of the BETADINE range of family care products has introduced a range of new daily hygiene produc...

July 5, 2017 | Wednesday | News
Varian to provide first proton therapy system in Thailand

Varian Medical Systems has been selected through its distributor, Business Alignment, to supply and install a Varian Pro...

May 25, 2017 | Thursday | News
Thai doctors complete first brain surgery in Asia aided by robots

The first robotically assisted brain surgery ever performed in Asia has been successfully completed by the doctors at th...

May 22, 2017 | Monday | News
Thai JE vaccine receives WHO nod

Singapore: The Government of Pharmaceutical Organization, Thailand, recently announced that the attenuated Japanese ence...

January 14, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Thai vaccine institute: Our nation needs robust vaccine alliances

According to the WHO, Thailand has nearly 520,000 people (aged 5-to-49) living with HIV and AIDS and the country has the...

June 20, 2013 | Thursday | Influencers
Thailand gets new certified rice variety

Singapore: Thailand's National Science and Technology Development Association (NSTDA) and the National Center for Geneti...

March 22, 2013 | Friday | News
First South-east Asia cancer care summit highlights plight of patients in the region

Singapore: Global experts gathered at the Mundipharma Cancer Care Summit to plan how to improve the quality-of-life for ...

March 22, 2016 | Tuesday | News
Thailand hospital trials mHealth application

Singapore: Thai patients will begin receiving SMS appointment reminders direct to their mobile phones as Bangkok's Vibha...

July 9, 2013 | Tuesday | News
BIOTEC launches microbe management course

Singapore: Thailand's flagship biotechnology organization, BIOTEC, NITE Biological Resource Center (NBRC) of Japan and ...

January 22, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Johns Hopkins releases NCD policy briefs

Singapore: Johns Hopkins University's Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health and the Study of Business Enterpris...

February 5, 2013 | Tuesday | Analysis
Amgen to acquire rights of three drugs from GSK

Singapore: Global pharmaceutical company, Amgen, has plans to reacquire all of its remaining rights from GSK on Prolia (...

December 16, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Yongyuth - The man behind the first Thai drug

Thailand is on the verge of getting its first indigenously developed drug, an oral anti-malarial drug, that acts against...

February 5, 2013 | Tuesday | Influencers
Chitosan nanoparticles to target breast cancer cells

Singapore: Thai Researchers at the National Nanotechnology Center (NANOTEC) and King Mongkut's University of Technology ...

June 1, 2012 | Friday | News
Asian endoscopy market clocked $264.7 mn in 2012

Singapore: Endoscopy devices market in Australia, South Korea, and Southeast Asia, earned revenues of USD264.7 million i...

December 10, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Activists challenge Gilead to give up Hep C drug patent

Singapore: Initiative for Medicines, Access & Knowledge (I-MAK), a team of lawyers and scientists campaigning for gl...

May 21, 2015 | Thursday | News
Thai develops blast, blight resistant glutinuous rice

Singapore: A new variety of glutinuous rice with resistance to both blast and bacterial blight has been developed by Ri...

January 16, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Medical Tourism: Asia's top destinations

Singapore:  Asia is a special destination for those looking for quality healthcare at low cost. BioSpectrum takes a loo...

March 10, 2015 | Tuesday | Analysis
F&S: APAC hospital market touches $378 bn

Singapore: According to a Frost and Sullivan report, Asia Pacific hospital market earned revenues of more than $377.90 b...

June 10, 2013 | Monday | Analysis
Thai HIV vaccine shows promise in clinical trials

Singapore: The Thai HIV vaccine that showed promise in initial clinical trials held in Thailand in 2009, has also exhibi...

November 12, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Incense ash may cause cancer: Thai Ministry

Singapore: In wake of Chinese New Year celebrations across Asia, the Thai Health Ministry has urged its citizens to stop...

February 19, 2015 | Thursday | News
BIOTEC-NSTDA, Keeen join hands for oil bioremediation

Singapore: Thailand's National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC) and National Science and Techno...

June 6, 2013 | Thursday | News
Sale of wound care devices spurs in Asia-Pacific: Frost & Sullivan analysis report

Singapore: Advanced wound care and modern wound closure products are gaining an edge over traditional wound dressings in...

September 4, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Thailand develops its first-ever indigenous drug

Singapore: Thailand's former science and technology (S&T) minister, Professor Yongyuth Yuthavong, and his team have ...

December 26, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Novartis, BIOTEC tie-up to explore Thailand's biodiversity

In 2005, Novartis, a leading healthcare solution provider, decided to partner with The National Center For Genetic Engin...

May 17, 2012 | Thursday | Influencers
BioSpectrum announces the hits and misses of 2013

Asia attracted a lot of interest from foreign multinational giants in the year 2013. This not only led to the increase i...

January 2, 2014 | Thursday | Analysis
Sanofi's dengue vaccine candidate shows positive results

Singapore: Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of Sanofi has published clinical study results of its dengue vaccine ca...

September 12, 2012 | Wednesday | News

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