Expertise: Life Sciences & Healthcare

Indonesia to Issue Local Content Regulation for Pharmaceutical Sector

The Indonesian Ministry of Industry plans to issue a new regulation on the calculation of local content for pharmaceutical products. This planned regulation is in response to Presidential Directive No. 6 of 2016 on the Acceleration of the Development of the Pharmaceutical and Medical Equipment Industry. That directive mandated the Ministry of Industry to implement Indonesia to Issue Local Content Regulation for Pharmaceutical Sector

Indonesia Considers Opening Investment Opportunities for Foreign Hospitals

Indonesia is said to be considering changes to the so-called Negative List that would ease the way for the establishment of foreign hospitals here. What are these changes and what would they mean to investors?   The chairman of the Indonesian Investment Coordinating Board (Badan Koordinasi Penanaman Modal or “BKPM”), Thomas Lembong, said on February Indonesia Considers Opening Investment Opportunities for Foreign Hospitals

Indonesia Considers Opening Investment Opportunities for Foreign Universities and Hospitals

The chairman of the Indonesian Investment Coordinating Board (Badan Koordinasi Penanaman Modal or “BKPM“), Thomas Lembong, said on February 13, 2019, that the government was considering changes to the foreign capital investment rules for foreign universities and hospitals. According to Lembong, the changes being considered would open the way for foreign universities to open campuses Indonesia Considers Opening Investment Opportunities for Foreign Universities and Hospitals