Minister Of Health Budi Gunadi Inaugurates PT Virtue Diagnostics' Medical Device Factory In Cikarang

Minister of Health, Budi Gunadi Sadikin. (Photo: Special)

CIKARANG - Minister of Health (Menkes) Budi Gunadi Sadikin inaugurated the IVD (In Vitro Diagnostic) medical device factory owned by PT Virtue Diagnostics Indonesia in the Jababekan Cikarang Industrial Estate, Bekasi Regency on Tuesday, March 5.

This factory is built on an area of 12,200 square meters with an area of 8,900 square meters. The factory is the largest IVD medical device in Southeast Asia.

"Of course we want the fulfillment of medical equipment, especially in the field of reagents, from domestic production," said Budi Gunadi Sadikin, when giving a speech.

Budi Gunadi Sadikin said the construction of this medical equipment facility would provide great benefits to the country's medical equipment industry, especially meeting one of the ten most spent medical devices by the government based on its volume.

Meanwhile, CEO & Founder of Virtue Diagnostics Group, Johnson Zhang said the construction of a factory located in Cikarang, Indonesia is a global strategy to strengthen the production and distribution base of VIRTUEDX Virtue products to enter the IVD market in Southeast Asian countries.

It is hoped that by having a production manufacturing base in Indonesia, Indonesia's Diagnostics Virtue can meet the needs of domestic and global products for quality IVD products at a more affordable price.

"We are headquartered in Singapore, the Virtue Group has an RnD R&D center and a manufacturing site in China, Brazil, and Indonesia," he said.

Currently, Indonesia's Diagnostics Virtue has more than 60 experienced experts, to support research and development and production of IVD products. It has manufacturing facilities capable of producing >1000-unit instrumental per year and >6000 Liter reagents per day. The production capacity can be increased according to increasing needs.

"It is hoped that in the next 1-2 years the production capacity can continue to be increased so that it is able to meet the needs of Immunology, Hematology, Clinical Chemicals nationally and regionally," he said.

Di tempat yang sama, Virtue Diagnostics Indonesia Country Manager, Martin Marpaung mengungkapkan, produk unggulan dari Virtue Diagnostics Indonesia adalah produk instrument dan reagent immunologi dengan teknologi chemiluminescence (Chlia) yang saat ini menjadi satu-satunya produk chemiluminescence (Chlia) yang di produksi di Indonesia.

Virtue products produced in Indonesia have also been conducted clinical trials in collaboration with the University of Indonesia Hospital (RSUI), Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital (RSCM), and Yogyakarta UGM Academic Hospital (RSA UGM).

"There are 4 product groups that have been or will be launched in the domestic market, namely Immunology, Hematology, Clinical Chemistry, and Molecular Products using the VERCENTRA brand for Instrument and VIRTUEDX for reagents," he said.