Event Reports

On 2 April 2020, Pharmaceutical and Medical Technology Working Group organized a task force meeting via zoom video conference to discuss about the progress of position paper, titled “Time for Patient: The Availability and Accessibility of Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices for Indonesian Patients”. The paper will describe the potential of both Pharmaceutical and Medical Investment in Indonesia and also provide key recommendations to the government to attract more foreign investment to support the health sector in the era of National Healthcare Insurance. In addition, the group also shared information on the Government’s support, particularly economic incentive policies for business in combating COVID 19 pandemic in the country.

As many member companies are working from home, the EuroCham Agriculture, Food and Beverages Working Group held a regular meeting by using teleconference call on 9 April 2020. Following an introduction of the new EuroCham Executive Director Mr. Edison Bako, the group exchanges updates related to Covid-19 developments and the effect caused by the pandemic to the sector which happen to be one of the impacted by the pandemic while at the same time are also expected to continue operations to fulfill the public needs. The overall meeting was chaired by Mr. Doni Wiranto as the head of the working group, and attended by 45 participants from various companies.