{"id":2090,"date":"2018-07-03T16:29:06","date_gmt":"2018-07-03T09:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/khabangkok.com\/en\/kha-bangkok-co-ltd\/kha-bangkok-healthcare-thailand\/?page_id=2090"},"modified":"2022-08-23T12:31:29","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T05:31:29","slug":"medical-device-distribution","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.khabangkok.com\/en\/kha-bangkok-co-ltd\/kha-bangkok-healthcare-thailand\/kha-bangkok-healthcare-products-thailand\/medical-devices-distribution-thailand\/medical-device-distribution\/","title":{"rendered":"INDEPENDENT LICENSE HOLDING"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_887111316\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner image-cover dark\" style=\"padding-top:599px;\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"415\" src=\"https:\/\/www.khabangkok.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Medical-Device-Distribution.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Medical Device Distribution\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.khabangkok.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Medical-Device-Distribution.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.khabangkok.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Medical-Device-Distribution-900x366.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.khabangkok.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Medical-Device-Distribution-768x312.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_887111316 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"gap-639346953\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-639346953 {\n  padding-top: 90px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-755312037\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-2139959860\" class=\"col medium-3 small-12 large-3\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1685368223\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 140%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 100%;\">INDEPENDENT LICENSE HOLDER<\/span><br \/><\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"text-center\"><div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\" style=\"max-width:90px;\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\t<div id=\"gap-1458797669\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1458797669 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 110%; color: #000000;\">Drugs, Medical Device, Food Supplement and Cosmetic distribution in Thailand is 100% in the hands of Thai companies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 110%;\"><strong>Distribution in Thailand is relatively fragmented, and a distributor\u2019s relationships with buyers are very important. To effectively cover the entire country, foreign firms may need to consider selecting several distributors, each responsible for a separate geographic area.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4>\u00a0<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 110%; color: #000000;\">If you are a foreign company, you have three possible ways to distribute your products.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 110%; color: #000000;\">Opening a local subsidiary.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 110%; color: #000000;\">Using the traditional model manufacturer-importer.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 110%; color: #000000;\">Using an independent third party as license holder, managing a network of distributors.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 110%; color: #000000;\">In Thailand, a locally based company registered with the Thai government can be in charge of registering and importing a foreign product like drugs, medical device, cosmetic or dietary supplement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 110%; color: #000000;\">The Thai company must have a general import license, while each product requires a product-specific import license. Such requirements are not manageable by a foreign company.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">AS INDEPENDENT LICENSE HOLDER KHA BANGKOK AND KHA B GROUP CAN BE YOUR MARKETING AUTHORIZATION HOLDERS IN THAILAND<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 110%; color: #000000;\">Foreign medical product companies not willing to set up their own subsidiary, choices are reduced by two. 1) trusting a local distributor with their product registration information; 2) signing a contract with an independent third party acting as your Thai legal agent .<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 110%; color: #000000;\">In the traditional way, the distributor will place orders, will register the products ( under his name) and will manage its Customers by keeping your Company in the dark about everything. Your Company will stick to the distributor; will not know customers name, and cannot change distributor in case of under-performance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 110%; color: #000000;\">Employing Kha as local agent to register your products with the Thai FDA will garantee your Company the full control of local operation. Registration will be held in your name; you&#8217;ll be allowed to change distributors and you&#8217;ll know who your product&#8217;s end users are.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 110%; color: #000000;\">We, as your local representative, can also liaise with the Ministry of Public Health and take charge of adverse event reporting and recalls.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 110%;\">The benefits of having Kha as independent license holder:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 110%;\">Have multiple regional distributors.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 110%;\">Add or change distributors as required<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 110%;\">Keep intellectual property away from local entity<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 110%;\">Securing proper activities of post market vigilance and license maintenance<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 110%;\">Increase transfer pricing<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 110%; 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