Social development
Drug bill to help speed up registration of new medicines
The new drug bill will allow specialists and their organisations, foreign or Thai, to review drug registration applications.“This aims at speeding up the registration process so people can have quicker access to useful medicines,” Government Spokesman Puttipong Punnakanta said yesterday (Nov, 13). He was speaking ...
Jakrawan Salaytoo
Reject cannabis extract patents or be sued, researchers warn
Medical researchers appear poised to sue the Intellectual Property Department after it registered patents for cannabis extract products. At least two patents have been granted for cannabinoid products, despite the Intellectual Property Department insisting it is impossible for anyone to own a cannabis extract patent.Keep ...
Pratch Rujivanarom
Kobsak: EEC is Thailand’s model economic development approach
Minister attached to the Prime Minister’s Office Kobsak Pootrakool believes the establishment of the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) is a model approach for future economic development.Keep watching ...
Marijuana bill shortened to allow quicker legislation
The cabinet will next Tuesday deliberate a shortened bill on legalising marijuana for medical use. The new version of the bill was proposed yesterday, and supporters reckon it will become law as early as next month. “This bill will only have 17 Articles,” Deputy Prime ...
Khanittha Theppachorn
Final public hearings planned for bill to legalize cohabitation of transgenders
Public hearings will be held in Bangkok and several other provinces on November 12-16 to gauge opinions from stakeholders about the partnership bill which will, for the first time in Thai history, legalize the cohabitation of transgenders.Keep reading ...
Same-sex marriage bill is two steps away from becoming law
The government has moved to allay fears that time is running out before next February’s general election to enact new legislation that protects the rights of same-sex partners.The Life Partnership bill will be before the cabinet by the end of the month, said Kerdchoke Kasamwongjit, ...
The Nation Reporter
Move to set up educational institutes that can develop manpower for EEC
Thailand’s higher-education sector is shifting gears towards the future – setting sights on new engines of growth as well as the much-vaunted Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC).“We will have to prepare courses that respond to the development of target industries in the EEC,” Office of Higher ...
Chularat Saengpassa
Thailand hopefully to get back over 60 looted Thai artworks from overseas
Thailand is hoping to recover 60 looted Thai artifacts from overseas, the Culture Ministry announced yesterday (Oct 31).“The ministry’s ad hoc committee has called for the repatriation of dozens of artifacts that originated in Thailand from leading US museums and a UK museum,” Culture Minister ...
Phatarawadee Phataranawik
44 assemblymen support bill to decriminalize marijuana for medical purpose
A total of 44 members of the National Legislative Assembly have signed in support of a draft bill to decriminalize marijuana for medical purpose by deleting marijuana from Category 5 List of narcotic drugs, said Mr Somchai Sawaengkarn, secretary of the NLA’s extraordinary committee on ...
A comparative look at higher education: National capacity building in Thailand
Quality education is the catalyst to advance Thailand’s 4.0 objectives of social-well-being, environmental protection, economic prosperity, and enhanced human values. Despite the commodification of brand name education, we believe a comprehensive and concrete education at home, with educational opportunities across a global network, will do ...
