Event Reports

The EU-ASEAN Business Council, in support of EuroCham Indonesia, on 8 June held a healthcare event titled ‘Pivoting to Deliver Improvements in Health Service’ AYANA MidPlaza Jakarta. This event highlighted the value of diagnostics in developing resilient healthcare systems to better prepare Indonesia and the ASEAN States for upcoming healthcare challenges such as key diseases like heart failure.

The event was opened by Dr. Imran Pambudi, MPHM, Director of Communicable Disease Prevention and Control, Directorate General Disease Prevention and Control, Dr. dr. Yout Savithri MARS - Referral Hospital Transformation Workstream Lead, Ministry of Health, which was followed by an insightful panel discussion involving esteemed business practitioners, healthcare practitioners and associations.

EuroCham attended the socialization of BPOM Regulation Number 7 of 2023 concerning Criteria and Procedures for Quasi Drug Registration which was held on June 6. This socialization was opened by Acting Deputy for Supervision of Traditional Medicines, Health Supplements and Cosmetics, Mohamad Kashuri and also attended by expert speakers; Prof. Rahmana Emran Kartasasmita ITB Professor, and Dr.rer.nat. Yosi Bayu Murti from UGM.

In his remarks, Mr. Mohamad Kashuri stated that this regulation was a new regulation and was the first time it had been promulgated for a quasi-drug commodity, and was important to answer challenges in the midst of intense market competition and at the same time provide protection to the public in using products that are guaranteed safety, quality and efficacy.

Participants participated in this event consisting of business actors and associations in the field of health supplements (APSKI, GP Jamu, GP Pharmacy, GAPOTA, PERKOSMI, PPAK, AFFI, APK2I, APKII, GP Koskemindo), BPOM officers throughout Indonesia, Relevant ministries/institutions, professional associations, and the community.