THAILAND: YOUR BIOTECHNOLOGY/BIOMEDICAL PARTNER


 As a destination for biotechnology research, development and outsourcing, Thailand combines the best of China and India while avoiding many of the problems that plague both.  Thailand has a surplus of skilled and experienced technicians and lab workers at less than a quarter the cost of the United States, while avoiding the labor shortages and turnover of India or the rampant theft of intellectual property in China. Office, wet lab and home rentals, utilities and service contract fees are a fraction of other regional centers like South Korea and Singapore.

With strong intellectual property protection and rule of law, Thailand is also an excellent location for clinical trials, regional research centers and regional sales offices for U.S. and other companies to reach the Asian market. Thailand is renowned as an excellent hub for firms looking to expand their market opportunities into Asia, providing services to Japan, China, India and SE Asia.  Many of these companies have chosen Thailand’s Science Park (TSP), a modern campus complex located between two of Thailand’s most prestigious Universities in the suburbs of Bangkok.

Further, the Thai government offers an unbeatable set of incentives, including an eight-year full tax holiday and 50% for another five years.

Thailand is the world’s undisputed leader in medical tourism, with over 1.4 million foreign patients and with more than double the foreign patients of the next competitor – India. Patients coming to Thailand for everything from open heart surgery to root canals or just a physical exam are amazed to find facilities that rival or surpass those of the United States, for a quarter the price. Further, the western education of these doctors and strong technology infrastructure in both treatment and record-keeping make Thailand both an affordable and reliable destination for clinical trials of any stage and for translational research.

Thailand has a great deal to offer the world, combining a high-tech infrastructure and talent pool with low costs and a supportive government. An example of one company that has taken advantage of this is Maine Biotechnology Services, Inc., (MBS) which offers its immunobiological products and services worldwide and has had customers in Europe since the 1990s and in Asia since early 2000.  MBS’ management recognized the tremendous growth opportunities that exist in Asia.  After much study, MBS decided that Thailand would be an excellent choice for locating its first satellite facility.  This is located at the Thailand Science Park. At this facility, MBS now has access to reasonably priced laboratory space and highly trained personnel.  The Park offers all the necessities needed to launch a satellite operation with a range of choices from small office space to large pilot plants. As Thailand’s biotechnology and medical tourism sectors continue to grow strongly, it is creating opportunities for U.S. and other companies which your company should research.


About Maine Biotechnology Services (MBS)

Maine Biotechnology Services, Inc, (MBS) is pleased to announce the opening of its first satellite facility at the Thailand Science Park in Pathunthani, Thailand.  MBS, founded in 1990 and based in Portland, Maine, USA, is a contract developer and manufacturer of monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies.  Since its inception, MBS has been providing its products and services to the world-wide biopharmaceutical and diagnostic markets.  More recently, MBS has increased its presence in the Asian market.  To meet the needs of its Asian customer base, MBS has opened a facility in Thailand to better serve this expanding market.  For more information, please go to www.mainebiotechnology.com
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“For a small biotechnology company from Portland, Maine, Maine Biotechnology Service, Inc., found Runckel & Associates and Delphi Health Services to be an exemplary guiding light in the maze of issues that face a company trying to expand its operations in Asia. 

Thailand became a logical and doable choice for MBS due to the diligence and expertise of Runckel and Delphi.”
-Joseph Chandler, Ph.D.  President, Maine Biotechnology Services, Inc.
About Delphi Health Services, Ltd.

The next wave of outsourcing in biotechnology, with firms short of staff in the U.S. and plentiful, cheap and well-trained technicians in several Asian destinations.

Delphi Health Services provides a turn-key solution for western firms seeking to establish a facility in Thailand.  Our staff arranges all renovations or construction for your new facility, interviews and hires staff, orders and imports equipment, sets up your computer system with video conferencing to your U.S. Offices, clears all permits, legal and accounting issues and deals with any other bureaucratic or cultural barriers you may face.  You provide us with detailed specifications, and we do the rest.  For more information, go to www.DelphiHealthServices.com

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