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The Food and Drug Supervisory Agency (BPOM) of the Republic of Indonesia has developed a roadmap for the Merah Putih vaccine, or Red and White vaccine.

The Head of BPOM, Penny K. Lukito, explained that the roadmap had been submitted to the Minister of Research and Technology in mid-August.

“We keep pursuing the Merah Putih vaccine, developed by the Ministry of Research and Technology, the National Research and Innovation Agency [Bappenas] and the Eijkman Institute of Molecular Biology,” Penny said in a press statement on Tuesday (1/9).

“BPOM has made the roadmap for vaccine development. It has to meet the requirements for pre-clinical data, clinical data, and quality control,” she added.

The roadmap will be followed up with an FGD (focus group discussion) with relevant stakeholders so that the vaccine development can be accelerated to catch up with the national programs.

Penny Lukito also explained that BPOM has provided assistance in developing vaccines through international cooperation. (presidential secretariat / nouva)