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        "id": 1278774,
        "msgid": "government-support-sought-for-medical-products-1447893297",
        "date": "2000-09-26 00:00:00",
        "title": "Government support sought for medical products",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Government support sought for medical products JAKARTA (JP): Local producers of medical and laboratory devices badly need government support to provide cheap, high- quality products to the public, according to the Ministry of Health. Speaking at a meeting of the Association of Medical and Laboratory Device Entrepreneurs (Gakeslab), Sampurno, director general of food and medicine supervision at the ministry, said such support would help the country to lower the use of such products from overseas.",
        "content": "<p>Government support sought for medical products<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA (JP): Local producers of medical and laboratory<br>\ndevices badly need government support to provide cheap, high-<br>\nquality products to the public, according to the Ministry of<br>\nHealth.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a meeting of the Association of Medical and<br>\nLaboratory Device Entrepreneurs (Gakeslab), Sampurno, director<br>\ngeneral of food and medicine supervision at the ministry, said<br>\nsuch support would help the country to lower the use of such<br>\nproducts from overseas.<\/p>\n<p>According to Sampurno, about 90 percent of medical and<br>\nlaboratory equipment used in this country is imported, mostly<br>\nfrom the United States and Europe.<\/p>\n<p>\"We need to support the local industry by giving them<br>\nincentives and financial access,\" he said. He added that some<br>\ndomestic plants already had the qualification to produce some<br>\nmedical devices and export them to other countries.<\/p>\n<p>\"The items are not complicated or computerized ones. They are<br>\njust modest devices, such as incubators, because our industries<br>\nhere still lack human resources and technology,\" Sampurno said,<\/p>\n<p>But the quality of local products meets international<br>\nstandards.<\/p>\n<p>Gakeslab spokesperson P. Benny Manullang said the main<br>\nobstacle in the industry was mastering the required technology.<\/p>\n<p>\"Some companies are capable of producing big devices like X-<br>\nray machines. But most companies only produce small devices,\" he<br>\nsaid.<\/p>\n<p>Benny added that the government only gave state budget<br>\nsubsidies of between Rp 500 million (US$62,500) and Rp 1 billion<br>\nto each of the ministry's provincial office.<\/p>\n<p>According to Sampurno, Indonesia should follow the investment<br>\nand tax system in China and India, which fully support local<br>\nproduction of medical devices.<\/p>\n<p>In China, the government is working on the regulation of<br>\nproduct registration.<\/p>\n<p>Sampurno said that product registration in China was valid for<br>\nonly four years, while here does not expire. (09)<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/government-support-sought-for-medical-products-1447893297",
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