REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, BANDUNG - Indonesian vaccines and anti-sera producer, Bio Farma, exports vaccines to 117 developing countries, including Muslim countries. Bio Farma's vaccines are equipped with pra qualification from World Health Organization (WHO).
"Muslim countries satisfy with our products," the Secretary of Bio Farma, Rahman Rustan, said on Monday. Muslim and developing countries, he said, realized that vaccines, being able to prevent contagious disease, were emergency necessity.
Bio Farma also commits to supply vaccines for domestic demand. Yogyakarta, Makassar, Aceh, and Papua are among the countries that use its vaccines. Rustan explained that Bio Farma initiated forum of national vaccines research, including nine consortium for research of new tuberculosis, dengue, and malaria vaccines. The forum is expected to boost the synergy and research of vaccines.
On the 13th annual meeting of Developing Countries Vaccine Manufacturers Network (DCVMN) in early November, Iranian representatives asked for help from Bio Farma. The representative, Mohammad Azizi, Deputy Director of Pasteur Institute of Iran (PII), said that Iran had limitation on producing vaccines. Iran and other Muslim countries were familiar with Bio Farma products, such as DPT, polio, and measles vaccines, he said.
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