On 17 September 2026, the Thai Food and Drug Administration (Thai FDA) published Announcement No. 23 (B.E. 2569), further expanding the list of experts and specialised institutions appointed to evaluate medical device technical documentation. The update adds three individual experts and one active-device testing institution under the National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA).
Source: Thai FDA — List of persons and organisations appointed to evaluate medical device technical documentation | medical.fda.moph.go.th/relevant-laws-and-standards/mdlaw05012
1. Announcement Details
| Item | Detail |
| Issuing authority | Thai Food and Drug Administration (Thai FDA) |
| Announcement number | No. 23 (B.E. 2569) |
| Announcement date | 17 September 2026 |
| Scope | The list of authorised persons of the State, State agencies or private organisations, whether domestic or foreign, tasked with evaluating medical device technical documentation. |
| Change in this update | Three individual experts added; one review institution added. |
2. Individual Experts Added to the Technical Documentation Reviewer List
Three individual experts are added in this update. They serve as specialist reviewers of medical device technical documentation.
| AS PUBLISHED IN THE ANNOUNCEMENTSection 1: Experts in medical device science and technology, namely(1) Assistant Professor ดรรณรัช โอวาศิริกุล(2) Mr. ไกรสร อัญชลิวรพันธุ์(3) Mr. เรืองฤทธิ์ ทวีแหนมะ Note: the names are listed in the original Thai script in the source announcement and are reproduced here unchanged. Romanised forms are not provided by the source. |
| # | Title (Thai / English) | Name as Published (Thai Script) |
| 1 | ผู้ช่วยศาสตราจารย์ / Assistant Professor | ดรรณรัช โอวาศิริกุล |
| 2 | นาย / Mr. | ไกรสร อัญชลิวรพันธุ์ |
| 3 | นาย / Mr. | เรืองฤทธิ์ ทวีแหนมะ |
3. Review Institution Added
One review institution is added in this update:
| Item | Detail |
| Institution | Electrical and Electronics Testing Center (ETEC) |
| Parent body | National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) |
| Thai script | ศูนย์ทดสอบอุปกรณ์ภัยคันที่ไฟฟ้าและอิเล็กทรอนิกส์ สังกัดสำนักงานพัฒนาวิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยีแห่งชาติ (สวทช.) |
| Abbreviation used in the announcement | สวทช. (NSTDA) |
| Significance | The centre sits under the NSTDA, indicating that the Thai FDA has further expanded its specialised evaluation resources for active device technical documentation. |
4. Relevance
Circumstances in which an application must be evaluated by an expert, expert body or review organisation listed or recognised by the Thai FDA are set out in the Thai FDA guidance on the circumstances requiring submission of safety and performance documentation for external expert evaluation, and were summarised in the earlier article “Thailand Medical Device Technical Review Fees“.