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Defence Pharmaceutical Factory (DPF)  |
Defence Pharmaceutical Factory (DPF) is an organic unit of Defence Industry and Energy Center, Office of
the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defence.
The head of DPF,
Director General has the responsibilities of medical supplies for medical
units of Ministry of Defence as well as command and control DPF.
Missions
To
manufacture, procure, research and analyze medicines and medical utilities
in supplying the requirements of Ministry of Defence, other governmental
units and public.

Responsibilities
1.Medical
supplies for medical units of Ministry of Defence, other governmental
units and public.
2.
Research and development of medicines and medical products.

3.
Quality assurance and quality control of finish products, raw materials
and packaging materials in order to meet pharmaceutical standard.
4.
Selling medicines to help government unit and public at low price.
5.
Providing education for pharmacy student in training program to fulfill
their academic course.

6. Member
in The National Essential Drug List Committee.

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AFTER THE
WORLD WAR 2 , THAILAND HAD EVENTUALLY SHORTED OF MEDICAL
SUPPLIES. EACH ARMED FORCES MEDICAL DEPARTMENT PRODUCED AND PURCHASED
MEDICAL PRODUCTS ON ITS OWN CAPABILITY, WHICH HAD COST HIGH AMOUNT
OF GOVERNMENT BUDGET . LT. COL. PAUL F. AUSTIN, A MEDICAL ADVISER
JUSMAG-THAI ADVISED THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE TO ESTABLISH THE JOINTED
ARMED FORCES MEDICAL SUPPLIES UNIT, WHICH COULD RESOLVE THE PROBLEM.

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THEN , THE
DEFENCE PHARMACEUTICAL FACTORY -- DPF --,WAS FOUND ON AUGUST 23,1963
, UNDER SUPERVISION OF THE PERMANENT SECRETARY OF DEFENCE AND
RECEIVED FUND SUPPORTED DIRECTLY FROM MINISTRY OF FINANCE.
00THE UNIT MISSIONS
ARE TO PRODUCE, PROCURE,RESEARCH AND ANALYZE APPROPRIATE MEDICINE
TO FULFILL THE NEED OF MEDICAL USAGE IN MINISTRY OF DEFENCE ,OTHER
GOVERNMENT BUREAUS AND CIVILIAN.
00DPF WAS GUARANTEED
AND AWARDED GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICE,GMP, BY MINISTRY OF PUBLIC
HEALTH. THESE DAYS, DPF HAS STARTED ADOPTING NEW INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
SOLUTION TO PROVIDE UPDATED INFORMATION TO PUBLIC AS APPEAR ON
DPF WEBSITE (WWW.DPFTHAILAND.COM) |