Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices: Policy Updates

On Friday, 6 July 2018 the Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices Working Group held a meeting hosted by Novartis Indonesia. The meeting chaired by Ms. Hanum Yahya and Mr. Harimurti Listiano, as recently elected Working Group Leaders. The discussion commenced with explanation on recent changes in working group leadership.

The meeting continued with new policy updates related to implementation of post border measure in the sector, new BPOM regulation on drug management, as well as recent changes in licensing service application. The meeting also discussed Local Content, Halal requirement and implementation of Patent Law. The members examined whether updates on policies has impacted the business process and determined the best possible advocacy strategy to address the issues related to new policy as well as recurrent issue. The meeting ended with handover of token appreciation to Mr. Dono Widiatmoko as a former Head of Working Group.

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