Thai pharma seeks more support to reduce import dependence

One of the major challenges is the registration of products, medicine, cosmetics, and medical substances, says Sirinan Thumtimthed, director of Expert Centre of Innovative Herbal Products – Thailand Institute of Scientific and Technological Research (TISTR).

As a result, the TISTR has enhanced the non-clinical study lab to meet the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s Good Laboratory Practice standards, making the study more reliable and traceable.

“Entrepreneurs and manufacturers can use the test results from this lab to support their product registration in and outside Thailand,” she explained.

Furthermore, she said that once the test result was verified, manufacturers were not required to conduct the second test when exporting their products to other countries.

New medicines have also been developed using local herbs…