As the year 2019 drew to a close, Linchpin SEO as an American agency specializing in marketing and business analytics and Tulip.co website as a platform to publish marketing information for businesses and industries have published important trends in pharmaceutical industry in 2020. 

Taiwan Foreign Trade Office and Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) in collaboration with Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) and Thai Medical Device Technology Industry Association (THAIMED) organized a seminar and business negotiation event, "Thailand-Taiwan Smart Healthcare Seminar & Trade Meeting 2019", on 20 September 2019 at Sofitel Bangkok Sukhumvit to present Smart Healthcare products, modern medical technology and innovation to initiate the business matching the two countries.

Clariant has announced the development of a new bio-based polymer for cosmetic creams and lotions, which is derived from renewable isobutene. Developed with Global Bioenergies’ sugar-based isobutene, Clariant’s new ingredient is a rheology modifier that influences formulation viscosity and achieves specific sensorial and texturizing properties for creams and lotions.

Chief Operation Officer, SHOP Global (Thailand) Company Limited, said that SHOP Global (Thailand) Company Limited is a joint venture between Sumitomo Corporation - the owner of the number one TV shopping business from Japan, and SAHA Group.

In the age of e-commerce, the online stores gain lots of popularity in many products, including e-pharmacy, which provide patient the convenience way to buy drug, especially for inconvenience patients who depend on online sale and home delivery of drugs.

Thailand Center of Excellence for Life Sciences (TCELS) has formed a cooperation with the Center for Biomedical and Robotics Technology (BART lab) Faculty of Engineering, Mahidol University.

Even though, tamarind products are widely used to make many popular foods, e.g., tamarind chili paste and candy, the tamarind seed is still under-utilized and usually seen as the waste in production. Recently, research collaboration between famous tamarind brand “Sarach” and researchers from Pibulsongkram Rajabhat University have introduced the powder from tamarind seed.
 

Kanit Sangsubhan, the secretary of Eastern Economic Corridor Office (EECO), announced on 13^th May 2019 that the EECO board agrees on the implementation of the Thailand Genome Sequencing Center at the Faculty of Pharmacology, Burapha University. The starting date of the project set to 10^th May 2019

Chiang Mai University, National Innovation Agency, National Research Council, and PTT Public company limited had signed an MOU on the second phase of “The Extension of Research on Bioplastics for Commercialization on 15^th January 2019

Currently, trend of using marijuana in medicine is widely recognized. Many countries had been legalized the products with marijuana components. Cannabis beauty which is made by cannabidol (CBD) extracted from hemp and marijuana, has gained popularity recently. Some leading brands, e.g. Estee Lauder provide products in this line and distributed via major cosmetic stores, e.g. Sephora and department store in US, e.g. Barneys.  From the research analysts, sales of this products are rapidly expanded and the market size could reach 10 billions US dollar in the near future.