Bio Farma

Bio Farma's history began during the Dutch East Indies period, when the colonial government founded (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, focused on eliminating infectious diseases, which leads to its cooperation with Pasteur Institute. Eventually, the agency was renamed to in 1895. The agency has experienced several changes in name and legal entity, which are as follows: • 1890-1895 • 1895-1901 • 1902-1941 • 1942-1945 , under Japanese occupation • 1945-1949 , after Indonesian independence. During the independence war, its activities moved to Klaten, Yogyakarta • 1946-1949 Since Bandung is under Dutch control during the independence war, the name of the Bandung facility reverted to '''' • 1950-1954 , Independence war is over and the agency returned to Bandung • 1955-1960 • 1961-1978 • 1978-1997 • 1997–present ==References==