JAKARTA - Indonesia has secured a commitment of 100 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines from British drugmaker AstraZeneca for delivery next year, Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi said from London on Wednesday .
On the second leg of the August trip to the United Arab Emirates, the ministers oversaw deals struck between two state drugmakers, Kimia Farma and Indofarma, and Group 42 Health Care, an artificial intelligence-based Emirati company that is actively involved in the research, development and distribution of Covid-19 testing and treatment applications.
Ms Retno said negotiating teams from Indonesia and AstraZeneca had struck a deal virtually for a vaccine candidate that used a non-replicating viral vector platform and was one of the world's leading potential Covid-19 vaccine, currently in the final stage of human trials. She also said AstraZeneca was"very interested" in establishing long-term strategic cooperation and collaboration with Indonesia.
The ministers' visit comes despite a decision by AstraZeneca last week to pause its global trials, including large late-stage trials, of its experimental coronavirus vaccine because of an unexplained illness in a study participant.
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