{{short description|Indonesian vaccine company}}

{{Infobox company | name = PT Bio Farma (Persero) | logo = File:Logo_of_PT_Bio_Farma_(Persero).png | image = Bio Farma Bandung.jpg | image_caption = Headquarters of Bio Farma in Bandung, 2005 | type = State-owned PT | foundation = {{Start date|df=yes|1890|8|6}} as ''Parc-vaccinogène'' | predecessor = Pasteur Institute of Indonesia (1890–1960) | location = Bandung, West Java, Indonesia | num_employees = | products = Vaccine | industry = Pharmaceuticals | owners = Government of Indonesia | subsid = {{Unbulleted list|Kimia Farma<ref name="soe">{{cite web |url=https://www.idnfinancials.com/news/29484/bio-farma-controlling-shareholder-kaef-inaf |title= Bio Farma becomes the controlling shareholder of KAEF an INAF|last= Lane|first= EJ|date=21 October 2019 |website= |publisher=IDN Financials |access-date= 23 December 2019 |quote=}}</ref>|Indofarma|INUKI<ref name="soe" />}} | revenue = | net_income = | homepage = {{URL|http://www.biofarma.co.id/en/}} }}

'''PT Bio Farma (Persero)''' is an Indonesian state-owned enterprise based in Bandung, West Java and the only local vaccine manufacturer in Indonesia,<ref name="penta">{{cite journal|title=Introduction of pentavalent vaccine in Indonesia: a policy analysis|last1=Hadisoemarto|first1=PF|last2=Reich|first2=MR|last3=Castro|first3=MC |date=2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|journal=Health Policy and Planning|volume=31 |issue=8 |pages=1079–1088 |doi=10.1093/heapol/czw038 |pmid = 27107293|pmc = 5013783}}</ref> which produces vaccines and sera to support immunization in Indonesia and other countries.<ref name="KBUMN">{{cite web|url=http://www.bumn.go.id/biofarma/halaman/127|title=Bio Farma|website=kementerian BUMN|access-date=23 December 2019|archive-date=4 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204222027/https://bumn.go.id/biofarma/halaman/127|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bio Farma vaccine produced vaccines against measles, polio, hepatitis B, and pentavalent vaccine.<ref name="penta"/> Bio Farma has supplied vaccines to multiple countries through UNICEF, PAHO and other organizations.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bce.unpad.ac.id/pt-bio-farma/ |title=Bio Farma profile |date=June 11, 2017 |access-date=June 11, 2017 |archive-date=August 23, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170823120512/http://bce.unpad.ac.id/pt-bio-farma/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Since 2020, it also serves as the holding company for listed state-owned enterprises Kimia Farma and Indofarma.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Fajar|first=Taufik|date=2020-02-04|title=Bio Farma Jadi Induk Holding BUMN Farmasi|url=https://economy.okezone.com/read/2020/02/04/320/2163307/bio-farma-jadi-induk-holding-bumn-farmasi|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-04|website=Okezone|language=id-ID|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200205135109/https://economy.okezone.com/read/2020/02/04/320/2163307/bio-farma-jadi-induk-holding-bumn-farmasi |archive-date=2020-02-05 }}</ref> __TOC__ ==History==

thumb|right|Vaccine vials in Bio Farma, 2017

Bio Farma's history began during the Dutch East Indies period, when the colonial government founded {{lang|nl|Parc-vaccinogène}} (State Vaccine Development Agency) on 6 August 1890. The agency occupied a building in Weltevreden – Batavia, which is now Gatot Soebroto Army Hospital. Since its inception, {{lang|nl|Parc-vaccinogène}} focused on eliminating infectious diseases, which leads to its cooperation with Pasteur Institute. Eventually, the agency was renamed to {{lang|nl|Parc-vaccinogène en Instituut Pasteur}} in 1895.<ref name="KBUMN"/>

During the administration of J.P. van Limburg Stirum, Hendrik Tillema recommended to move the capital of Dutch East Indies to Bandung due to its natural conditions and hilly terrain, making it easier to defend. The idea was gradually accepted and began to be implemented by the Dutch colonial government in early 1920s after it was supported by Prof. J. Klopper, Rector of ''Technische Hogeschool te Bandoeng'' at the time. Government and private offices along with other agencies began moving to Bandung, including the foreign trade office, salvation army, government bodies and {{lang|nl|'s Lands Koepok Inrichting en het Instituut Pasteur}}, which stayed in Bandung until the present day.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Reitsma |first1= S.A.|last2=Hoogland|first2=W.H.|date= 1921 |title=Gids van Bandoeng en Omstreken |publisher= N.V. Mij. Vorkink |page=98}}</ref> The agency has experienced several changes in name and legal entity, which are as follows:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://elib.unikom.ac.id/files/disk1/485/jbptunikompp-gdl-taufiknugr-24217-1-unikom_t-i.pdf |title=Sejarah dan Perkembangan PT Bio Farma (Persero)|date=June 12, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180206190336/http://elib.unikom.ac.id/files/disk1/485/jbptunikompp-gdl-taufiknugr-24217-1-unikom_t-i.pdf |archive-date=February 6, 2018 }}</ref>

* 1890-1895{{spaced ndash}} {{lang|nl|Parc-vaccinogène}} * 1895-1901{{spaced ndash}} {{lang|nl|Parc-vaccinogène en Instituut Pasteur}} * 1902-1941{{spaced ndash}} {{lang|nl|Landskoepok-Inrichting en Instituut Pasteur}} * 1942-1945{{spaced ndash}} {{nihongo|Bandung Epidemics Institute|バンドン防疫研究所|Bandon Bōeki Kenkyūsho}}, under Japanese occupation * 1945-1949 {{spaced ndash}} {{lang|id|Gedung Cacar dan Lembaga Pasteur}}, after Indonesian independence. During the independence war, its activities moved to Klaten, Yogyakarta * 1946-1949{{spaced ndash}} Since Bandung is under Dutch control during the independence war, the name of the Bandung facility reverted to ''{{lang|nl|Landskoepok-Inrichting en Instituut Pasteur}}'' * 1950-1954{{spaced ndash}} {{lang|id|Gedung Cacar dan Lembaga Pasteur}}, Independence war is over and the agency returned to Bandung * 1955-1960{{spaced ndash}} {{lang|id|Perusahaan Negara Pasteur}} * 1961-1978{{spaced ndash}} {{lang|id|Perusahaan Negara Bio Farma}} * 1978-1997{{spaced ndash}} {{lang|id|Perusahaan Umum Bio Farma}} * 1997–present {{spaced ndash}} {{lang|id|PT Bio Farma (Persero)}}

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==External links== * {{Official website}}

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