- Business
- PT Kalbe Farma Tbk (PTKFF) operates as Indonesia's largest listed pharmaceutical company, focusing on the research, development, manufacturing, and distribution of a comprehensive range of healthcare products across four primary divisions: prescription pharmaceuticals, consumer health, nutritionals, and distribution & logistics; it also engages in health services, medical devices, biopharma, and animal health. The prescription pharmaceuticals division offers unbranded generic drugs, branded generics, and licensed drugs targeting therapeutic areas such as neurology, cardiology, and infectious diseases, with key brands including Brainact, Cefspan, Mycoral, Cernevit, Cravit, Neuralgin, Broadced, Neurotam, Hemapo, and CPG; the consumer health division provides over-the-counter drugs, supplements, energy drinks, and ready-to-drink products across categories like vitamins, minerals, cough and cold remedies, and pain relievers; the nutritionals division supplies infant formula, follow-on formula, growing-up milk, and adult nutritional supplements; while the distribution and logistics division supports an integrated network serving hospitals, pharmacies, and drug stores throughout Indonesia. Founded in 1966 and headquartered in Gedung Kalbe, Jl. Let. Jend. Suprapto Kav. 4, Central Jakarta, Indonesia, the company primarily serves the domestic market with expanding operations across Southeast Asia, leveraging subsidiaries like PT Bifarma Adiluhung and joint ventures for regional penetration. In recent developments, PT Kalbe Farma Tbk established a joint venture, Livzon Pharma Indonesia, with shareholder agreement signed in July 2024 to manufacture pharmaceutical ingredients for export and domestic use, following an exclusive collaboration in May 2024; it formed a strategic partnership with Thailand's Alliance Pharma Co., Ltd. to enhance portfolio in diabetes, cardiovascular, and vaccines categories; additionally, affiliate PT Bifarma Adiluhung signed a memorandum of understanding with GC Cell in 2024 for cell therapy introduction, including technology transfer for Immuncell-LC and NK cell pipelines, alongside advancements in radiopharmaceuticals facilities.