Indonesia to produce COVID19 vaccine in January once testing completed
JAKARTA - Indonesia, in cooperation with a Chinese drugmaker, is expected to produce a new coronavirus vaccine in January when the final stage of clinical testing for the vaccine candidate is expected to be completed, government officials and researchers said Tuesday.
"We have been preparing to produce 100 million doses per year, and will expand the production to 250 million doses per year," Bio Farma CEO Honesti Basyir told a press conference after meeting Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo. The vaccine candidate has passed Phase 1 and Phase 2 clinical trials. The first 2 phases were conducted in China beginning in March and involved about 700 volunteers.
On the same occasion Tuesday, Penny Lukito, head of the Food and Drug Monitoring Agency, said her agency will monitor the process of clinical trial testing for the vaccine candidate until it is completed.
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