"The use of phytopharmaceuticals opens up opportunities for more affordable and safe health services while also supporting a sustainable domestic herbal industry," the ministry's Acting Director General of the Chemical, Pharmaceutical, and Textile Industry, Reni Yanita, stated on Friday.
She highlighted that the ministry is encouraging the use of clinically tested natural medicines in healthcare facilities nationwide and targeting an increase in the use of phytopharmaceuticals in national health services.
In this effort, Yanita said her side has teamed up with various institutions and health service providers to increase awareness and understanding of the benefits of phytopharmaceuticals, including supporting research and development of quality products to be widely accepted in healthcare facilities.
Moreover, she noted that support is also offered through knowledge transfer on current regulations and product development and increasing market awareness and interest in natural medicine products through education and promotion.
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Other forms of support include facilitating business cooperation from upstream to downstream to increase the number of products and introducing the House of Wellness facility as a center for the development of natural medicine.
In line with this, her side plays an active role in the Task Force for the Acceleration of Development and Utilization of Phytopharmaca initiated by the Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture.
Through this initiative, the government is committed to supporting the phytopharmaca industry to provide safe, efficacious, and quality products in accordance with market standards, Yanita stated.
The Ministry of Industry noted that several components of the natural medicine industry companies in Indonesia comprised Small Traditional Medicine Enterprises (UKOT), Micro Traditional Medicine Enterprises (UMOT), Natural Extract Industry (IEBA), and Traditional Medicine Industry (IOT), which have produced 17 thousand herbal medicines, 79 types of standardized herbal medicines, and 22 types of phytopharmaca.
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Translator: Ahmad Muzdaffar F, Resinta Sulistiyandari
Editor: Yuni Arisandy Sinaga
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