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LatAm An overview of some of the biggest stories from Latin American pharma and healthcare, including Brazil’s rollout of dengue vaccines following a sharp increase in cases; the Brazilian  regulatory agency ANVISA’s strategy to become a WHO-listed authority andAspid Pharma’s agreement with Institute for Research on Obesity of the Tecnológico de…

LatAm A roundup of some of the latest stories from Latin American pharma and healthcare, including Sanfer’s acquisition of Columbia-based injectables manufacturer Vitalis; medicine shortages in Colombia, and Chile’s move towards universal primary health coverage with support from the World Bank.   ACON Investments Signs Definitive Agreement to Sell Vitalis to…

Chile Korean biotech SK Bioscience, known for bringing forward the first South Korean-developed COVID-19 vaccine, is pursuing its beyond-COVID growth strategy with a new green light for its SKYCellflu vaccine. The recent approval by Chile’s Instituto de Salud Publica follows nine others and is the first in the Latin America region.…

Americas Maria Gabriela Pittis, Head of SAM (South Cone, Andean Region, Mexico & Central America and Caribbean) at Takeda, outlines the company’s significant presence in the cluster, its double digit growth and plans to launch 14 new products there by 2025, most importantly its European Medicines Agency-approved dengue vaccine. She also…

Americas In 2019 the pharma industry financed some 700 clinical studies in Latin America with investments of more than USD one billion and according to FIFARMA, the leading association of innovators in the region, LatAm currently supports about 10 percent of the world’s clinical research. Local industry leaders discuss the advantages…

LatAm A breakdown of the investments made by the pharmaceutical industry in clinical studies across the Latin American region. According to the US National Library of Medicine’s ClinicalTrials.gov, USD 1.1 billion were invested in 2019 with Mexico, Brazil and Argentina at the head of the LatAm countries where these investments were…

LatAm As selected by the Generics & Biosimilars Initiative (GABI), these are the top ten pharma companies ranked by turnover in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Mexico for 2021. As the chart shows, the Argentinian and Brazilian Top Tens are dominated by domestic companies, while multinationals hold sway in Colombia and…

LatAm Argentina Below we highlight recent news in the Latin America region, focusing on Argentina, Colombia and Chile. Top stories cover the fight against COVID-19, economic uncertainty in the Mercosur region, and Latin American involvement in disease research.     Argentina to receive 45,000 virus detection tests as part of a bigger emergency…

Chile Against a backdrop of protests against Chile’s market-dominant socio-economic model, President Sebastián Piñera has announced a wave of reforms to address inequalities and improve treatment within the country’s healthcare system. However, there are no guarantees that these motions will pass in their entirety, or that they will quell public dissatisfaction…

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