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Alpha to build $50m plant in Thailand
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| Alpha Group Holdings, a China-based biotech company, plans to build a US$50 million manufacturing facility in Thailand over the next two years to capitalize on Thai herbs |
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FEATURES |
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'Thailand offers 200% tax benefits for R&D expense'
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| Dr Kanyawim Kirtikara, the executive director of the National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), talks about the countrys plans in the biotech sector and government incentives to encourage the industry |
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Pharmerging Thailand
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| With the government setting aside two percent of GDP for R&D and promising huge tax rebates, innovation in pharma and biotechnology is looking up in this South Asian kingdom |
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PEOPLE |
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Thai scientists get 2011 scientist awards
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| Dr Kajornsak Faungnawakij, head of Nanomaterials for Energy and Catalysis Lab at NANOTEC, is one of four researchers chosen by the Foundation for the Promotion of Science and Technology under the Patronage of His Majesty the King to receive the award |
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EVENTS |
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NanoThailand 2012 to be held in April
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| The NanoThailand conference will be held in Khon Kaen province of Thailand from April 9, 2012 to April 11, 2012 and will be attended by over 30 international experts from the US, Europe, Asia and Thailand |
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R & D |
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Double A, NANOTEC to work on better paper
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| Double A and the National Nanotechnology Center (NANOTEC), signed a research collaboration agreement to focus on nanotechnological analysis of toner impact on paper |
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POLICIES |
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Global Commission on HIV holds dialogue in APAC
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| Thirty years after the first cases of HIV were diagnosed, 90 percent of countries in the Asia-Pacific region still have laws and practices that obstruct the rights of people living with HIV and those at higher risk of HIV exposure. |
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PRODUCTS |
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Lab Dom introduces peptide therapy in Bangkok
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| Dom AVMM has introduced its latest innovations in peptide therapy, as well as its flagship Swiss cell therapy brand, at the second International Congress of Aesthetic Dermatology in Bangkok, Thailand from January 19 to 21, 2012 |
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TRENDS & ANALYSIS |
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Thai SMBG market to triple by 2016
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| The Thai SMBG devices and strips market has grown steadily as sales of blood glucose meters and strips required for self-monitoring witnessed exponential growth |
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