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No additional acute kidney failure cases recorded in past fortnight

Health Ministry's spokesperson Mohammad Syahril confirmed that no new cases of acute kidney failure in ...

Health Ministry open to pharmacopeia revision

The Ministry of Health has said that it is open to a revision of the national pharmacy management guidelines or ...

Pharmaceutical drugs are last resort in treating children's illnesses

Parents should only use pharmaceutical drugs as a last resort while treating illnesses in their children, according to ...

Probe into acute kidney injury cases on: Health Minister

The Indonesian government is continuing to investigate acute kidney injury (AKI) in children, which has been linked to ...

BPOM takes down 6,001 online links selling unsafe syrup drugs

The National Food and Drug Supervisory Agency (BPOM) has taken down 6,001 links across websites, social media, and ...

IDAI links acute kidney injury with cost-cutting by pharma cos

The recent acute kidney injury cases in Indonesia are related to the use of low-quality solvents as medicinal raw ...

Time to impose deterring punishment amid kidney injury cases: BPOM

National Agency of Drug and Food Control (BPOM) Head Penny K. Lukito called for reinforcing legal sanctions, with a ...

Health Ministry records decline in acute kidney injury mortality rate

The Indonesian Health Ministry's spokesperson, Mohammad Syahril, stated that the mortality rate of acute kidney injury ...

BPOM testing 64 drums of propylene glycol made by DOW Chemical

The Food and Drug Supervisory Agency (BPOM) is testing 64 drums containing propylene glycol (PG) produced by DOW ...

Discovery of contaminants could help improve drug control: ministry

The discovery of kidney-damaging compounds exceeding the safe threshold in medicinal raw materials used by ...

Afi Pharma's paracetamol product contains harmful compounds: BPOM

Head of the Food and Drug Supervisory Agency (BPOM), Penny K. Lukito, on Monday informed that a paracetamol product ...

Association suggests BPOM to mandate industry to self-inspect products

The Association of Indonesian Doctors for the Development of Traditional and Herbal Medicine (PDPOTJI) has recommended ...

KPLP begins evacuating crew from tanker aground in Riau Island

The Transportation Ministry's Sea and Coast Guard (KPLP) has commenced an operation to evacuate a Djibouti-flagged ...

Minister ensures pharmaceutical industry maintains drug quality

The Industry Ministry cooperates with the Food and Drug Supervisory Agency (BPOM), Health Ministry, and pharmaceutical ...

Foreign businessmen should prioritize health transformation programs

Indonesian Health Minister, Budi Gunadi Sadikin, sought the participation of foreign businessmen to focus on developing ...