Executive of top hospital to face charges after Favipiravir offered for sale online

[webfact]

Picture: Daily News

 

Daily News reported on a press conference headed by the Consumer Protection Division chief Pol Maj-Gen Anan Nanasombat accompanied by health officials, the FDA representative and people from the Government Pharmaceutical Organisation.

 

The case involves the selling of Favipiravir - an antiviral medication used for influenza in Japan.

 

In Thailand it is marketed by the GPO under the name Favir.

 

It is claimed that a private hospital - that has not been named - illegally sold the drug online as a Covid-19 remedy. Other Thailand media said the hospital was in Bangkok. 

 

Maj-Gen Anan said that the police had evidence from a manager at the hospital that the drug was supplied to him by senior figures at the hospital to be sold online. 

 

The hospital had no Covid-19 cases. 

 

A search under warrant at the hospital was made on October 28th.

 

The executive at the hospital will face charges that will be revealed this Thursday, November 4th. 

 

Anan warned people about buying remedies for Covid-19 online that were not efficacious against the virus. 

 

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[lujanit]

Why not name and shame this person?  I am sure a fat brown envelope will sort out the mess.

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Maj-Gen Anan said that the police had evidence from a manager at the hospital that the drug was supplied to him by senior figures at the hospital to be sold online. 

Naughty naughty.... 

[Pravda]

Moderna Vaccines were sold on Shopee.

 

What's the difference?

[Will B Good]

They just can't help themselves.......I don't mean Thais......I mean people.

[hotchilli]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Maj-Gen Anan said that the police had evidence from a manager at the hospital that the drug was supplied to him by senior figures at the hospital to be sold online.

I guess the salaries of "senior figures" is not enough these days, they have to have a little side-line.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

I'm holding out for:

 

"The executive at the hospital will face charges that will be revealed this Thursday, November 4th."

 

Regarding the medicine itself, this was a rather strange statement for the Consumer board guy to make:

 

"Anan warned people about buying remedies for Covid-19 online that were not efficacious against the virus."

 

Especially considering that the Thai govt. has bought millions of doses of Favi to use as a frontline treatment against COVID -- even though trials and most major countries other than Japan haven't recognized it as a legitimate COVID medication.

 

And then, of course, if memory serves, the Thai GPO along the way also has gotten into the business of domestically producing Favi for local use as a COVID treatment -- again, despite a lack of credible, peer-reviewed evidence of its effectiveness.

 

Perhaps they didn't want anyone else cutting into their sales prospects.

 

 

Edited November 2, 2021 by TallGuyJohninBKK