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Historically, there have been more drug clinical trials in the West than in Asia. However, recently this has changed, and there are more than 8,000 clinical trials in Asia now and less than  8,000 clinical trials in the West. Please note that... Read More

Indonesia’s Ministry of Health initiated a “Pharmacy and Medical Device Dictionary” which amounts to a public database of drugs and devices in Indonesia. This dictionary is basically a web-based system where each device and drug receives a unique code. To date, there... Read More

Prescription drugs, cosmetics, food supplements, and over-the-counter medicines sold in Indonesia will be required to bear state of the art identification systems under regulations being finalized by the country’s regulatory authority, the National Agency of Drug and Food Control (BADAN POM). By... Read More

Government-run hospitals in Indonesia are required to buy locally-produced medical devices covering a broad range of product categories as part of a new government regulation that went into effect on June 18.   The new mandate, designed to promote domestic products, is... Read More

Even as it pushes to more tightly regulate its growing medical device market, Indonesia is making it easier to register some non-sterile risk medical devices that do not require special skills and are considered low-risk. Among the 34 devices that will be... Read More

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Medical devices marketed in Indonesia will be subject to certification that they are free of animal materials whose consumption is forbidden by Islamic law, under a new regulation issued in February by the government of the country with the largest population of... Read More

The combination of a relatively low–cost workforce and increasingly reliable quality and ethical standards is turning the Asia-Pacific region into a hub for clinical trials. With pharmaceutical firms under growing pressure to provide innovative new products at reasonable prices, the region is becoming more... Read More

A host of rehabilitative technology companies are entering the Asian market in force, driven by the needs of the region’s aging population for exercise and rehab equipment to combat immobility, muscular atrophy, and the epidemics of heart disease, hypertension, stroke, osteoarthritis, and... Read More