Indonesia to start producing Tamiflu

Coordinating Minister for People`s Welfare Aburizal Bakrie said here on
Tuesday the drug would be produced in an adequate quantity so the
country no longer needed to import it.



He made the statement after opening the Government of Indonesia Meeting
with International Key Partners on Avian Influenza attended by 150
participants from 11 countries.



He said the authority to produce the anti-bird flu medicine was fully
in the hands of the minister of health. "It is the minister of health
who will designate the company that will produce the medicine," he said.



He hoped production of the medicine at home could be done well like
producing generic medicines so that the price could be made as low as
possible.