Thai Nominees To Head FDA Named, CL Role May Be Split
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
Executive Summary
Thailand has nominated three former officials of the nation's FDA to replace the latest FDA secretary general to resign the post. Chatree Banchuen resigned earlier in the week after only a few days in the job after he was implicated in a scandal. His predecessor, the author of the compulsory license plan and a negotiator with foreign drug makers over patent and generic issues, was transferred. One of the nominees speculated the Health minister would split off the negotiator role of the secretary general's job to a separate position. (Click here for more