Thailand’s Anti-CL Health Minister Removed From Office
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
Executive Summary
Thailand's public health minister who favors scrapping the country's compulsory-licensing law concerning drugs has been ordered out of his post by the country's Constitution Court. Minister Chaiya Sasomsup was found to have violated rules regarding outside family income ties by failing to reveal them within 30 days of taking office. Chaiya's appointment caused a controversy and led to impeachment demands because he had threatened to cancel a program of allowing generic drug makers to produce cancer and AIDS medicines still under patent protection. (Click here for more