Traditional Medicine Obat Tradisional Indonesia

Mixmug News. Agency for Food and Drug Administration to target traditional medicine industry to implement clinical trials to ensure the quality of the standard way of making a good traditional medicine.
Head of Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) Lucky S Lukman said the development of the traditional medicine industry should be based on the results of the hygiene.
"It is necessary to apply standard manufacturing so that their products are thoroughly tested clinically," he said after a speaker agenda of Annual General Meeting of Developing Countries Vaccine Manufacturers Network (DCVMN 13) to Wednesday (31/10).
In applying the concept to the traditional medicine industry, BPOM target 2 years entrepreneurs capable of producing drugs hygienic. However, for monitoring road map will take place gradually and continuously. "For that traditional training and conservation outcomes requires quite a long time."
Based on data from Association of Traditional Herbal Medicine, herbal medicine industry in Indonesia amounted to 1247 consisting of 129 traditional medicine industry company (IOT) and 1037 small scale industries of traditional medicine (IKOT). Of these 10 industries are classified into large scale herbal medicine, herbal medicine industry 30 medium scale industries and 650 small. "Well, for small-scale industries is necessary supervision relatively long time," said Lucky.
Touched related allegations CPOTB application potentially devastating small-scale traditional medicine industry, Lucky asserts only want to apply the standards of traditional medicine circulation, as well as herbs. "The purpose BPOM only impose hygiene standards, not to kill small industry."
Meanwhile, Chairman of the Association of Medicinal Charles Saerang said the government assessed made regulation difficult for domestic industries. To that end, GP Jamu requested that the regulations published in the last year was soon revised. When revised, the new regulations are expected to pro-industry and to increase the competitiveness of domestic producers. The industry is still a small industry that require coaching to produce products that have a competitive edge.