Seminar to discuss pharmacy

Seminar to discuss pharmacy

JAKARTA (JP): Government officials and a prominent economist
will discuss the impact of trade liberalization on Indonesia's
pharmaceutical industry in a seminar here on May 30, an executive
said yesterday

A deputy chairman of the Indonesian Association of
Pharmaceuticals Companies, J.R.Kosasih, said the seminar, which
will be opened by Minister of Health Sujudi, will feature
Director General of Food and Drug Supervision Wisnu Katim and a
deputy to the cabinet secretary, Bambang Kesowo, as speakers.
They will discuss various government policies and Indonesia's
legal preparations for trade liberalization.

Hadi Soesastro, executive director of the Centre for Strategic
and International Studies (CSIS), will discuss the challenges and
opportunities offered by trade liberalization for the development
of Indonesia's pharmaceutical industry, while a director of PT
Tempo Scan Pacific, J.R. Kosasih, will analyze the industry's
capability to adapt itself to trade liberalization. (32)