Thailand's PReMA wants CL talks with govt

The president of Thailand's Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers Association (PReMA), Teera Chakajnarodom, plans to meet with the country's Public Health Minister, Chaiya Sasomsap, and the latter's Commerce and Foreign Ministries' colleagues, over the shifting policy on compulsory drug licensing (Marketletter March 17). The PReMA chief also told reporters that he endorses the decision of the Health Minister to switch responsibility for price negotiations with drugmakers to the Commerce Ministry.