Etana Biotechnologies to Produce mRNA-based COVID-19 Vaccines
Indonesia will produce messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA)-based COVID-19 vaccine. PT Etana Biotechnologies Indonesia developed the new vaccine with a Chinese company, Suzhou Abogen Biosciences Co. Etana and Abogen will collaborate with the Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia (FKUI) Persahabatan Hospital (RSUP) for research, development, and clinical trials.
"With this collaboration, we expect more experts from Indonesia can master mRNA technology so that it can become a milestone in the development of biological products with mRNA platform," Etana Biotechnologies management said on Wednesday. The transfer of vaccine technology has started since the Etana team was in China. The local production facility has also received a Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) certificate from the Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM).
