Indonesia, UK push downstream-ready health research collaboration
“We want multidisciplinary work using collaborative frameworks among partnerships and institutions. Therefore, we encourage Indonesia in this partnership to strengthen national competitiveness by improving research quality,” the ministry’s Director of Research and Development Fauzan Adziman said on Friday.
Adziman added strategic partnerships with United Kingdom institutions open opportunities to strengthen researcher capacity, accelerate technology transfer and develop collaborative international research funding models.
“Through this program, we design strategies to solve priority national problems. For instance, efforts may improve healthcare services in Indonesia through independent work or cooperation with global partners, making research more impactful,” he said.
Similarly, the Ministry’s Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Director General Lucia Rizka Andalucia stressed Indonesia’s important role in the growing global partnership initiative.
She said Indonesia faces urgency from health and economic pressures yet also holds capacity rooted in scientific strength, clinical scale, and ongoing regulatory reforms.
“Indonesia and the United Kingdom are not just collaborators but complementary partners across a transnational spectrum. Aligning strengths at specific technology readiness level stages enables joint development, validation, and delivery of health innovations,” she said.
Meanwhile, Reza Yuridian Purwoko, a researcher at the Preclinical and Clinical Medicine Research Center of the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), explained the importance of strategic collaboration that leverages the strengths of each country.
He noted the United Kingdom excels in clinical research delivery and strong adoption pathways while Indonesia has urgent health needs.
Indonesia also has vast population and biodiversity advantages. The collaboration focuses on Technology Readiness Level four to six, covering validation trials and scaling of promising health innovations together.
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Translator: Sean Kenzu