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For businesses in Thailand’s regulated industries, the problem of “too many licenses” is one of the most familiar hurdles to getting a product to market. Take a simple example: importing the materials necessary to sell teriyaki chicken skewers.

Cannabis (both marijuana and hemp) has been classified as a Category 5 Narcotic since the enactment of the Narcotics Act in 1979.

The updated Thailand chapter of The Pharma Legal Handbook, published by Pharma Boardroom, is a comprehensive guide to the legal framework regulating the healthcare and life sciences industries in Thailand.

Liberal cannabis access in Thailand is officially over. On June 26, 2025, the Ministry of Public Health brought the inflorescence of cannabis back under tight control through its new Notification on Controlled Herbs (Cannabis) 2025 ("Notification 2025").

Thailand is preparing to open its first renewal period for drug marketing authorizations (MAs) since the passage of the Drug Act (No. 6) B.E. 2562 (2019).

Effective June 22, 2026, Thai Industrial Standards (TIS) for food contact paper and cooking paper will be enforced as mandatory for sale in the Thai market.

Attorneys from Tilleke & Gibbins in Bangkok have provided updates for the latest edition of The Pharma Legal Handbook: Thailand, published by Pharma Boardroom.

Thailand's cannabis cultivation licensing scheme for the country's transition toward legalization of the plant has now come to an end.

As a complementary concept, a telepharmacy allows a pharmacist to verify prescriptions, counsel patients, and dispense medication from a remote site.

On 5 May 2021, the Department of Intellectual Property (DIP) of Thailand rejected a Thai patent application for a granulated powder tablet containing 6-fluoro-3-hydroxy-2-pyrazinecarboxamide...

This blog covers the role that patents play in access to pharmaceuticals - HIV/AIDS in Thailand along with steps taken by government to overcome from current status of HIV/AIDS drugs

On July 19, 2024, Thailand's Ministry of Public Health Notification No. 450 B.E.2567 (2024) came into effect after being published in the Government Gazette the day before.

The operation of a restaurant requires a license, that is, a permission by the Thai government.

For the first time, Thailand’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published a consolidated list identifying all substances that have successfully passed its novel food safety evaluation process.

Thailand has legalised both cannabis and hemp nationwide, with the ability for unlimited homegrow.

The latest development in Thailand is that it will soon legalize "medical marijuana", thereby, it will become the first Asian country to legalize marijuana for medical use and research

Thailand's Minister of Public Health recently promulgated the Ministerial Notification Re: Category 5 Narcotics Which Are Not Cannabis or Hemp Extract and Whose Consumption...

Medically, Kratom can be used to ease anxiety, chronic pain, and opioid withdrawal symptoms.