Two homegrown Covid-19 Vaccines Receives the Go-Ahead

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Medical personnel inject the third dose of Covid-19 vaccine (booster) to workers at the Kompas Tower, Jakarta, on Tuesday (25/1/2022).

JAKARTA, KOMPAS - The Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) issued emergency use authorizations (EUA) for two locally developed Covid-19 vaccines, namely the Indovac vaccine and the AWcorna vaccine. The granting of the EUAs also reflects Indonesia’s increasing independence in vaccine production.

The Indovac Covid-19 vaccine was developed by state-owned pharmaceutical firm PT Bio Farma, while the AWcorna Covid-19 vaccine was developed by PT Etana Biotechnologies Indonesia. The EUAs guarantee both vaccines’ efficacy and safety.