During 2021, a moderate growth of 14% was observed, reaching $339 million of purchases in Central America from Mexico, where the main importer in the region was Guatemala with $83 million.
Figures from the Trade Intelligence Unit of CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption="Click to interact with the graphic"]
More than 10 thousand results were observed during May 2022 in tenders under the heading "health and medicines", ranging from medical treatments to equipment and machinery used in the health sector.
An analysis by CentralAmericaData's Business Intelligence department shows interesting data on the processes that during May 2022 were published with contracts to provide pharmaceuticals, equipment and medical supplies to the several Ministries of Health and Social Security entities in Central American countries and the Dominican Republic.
A cut-off for the first quarter of the year shows a relevant figure in the health and medicine sector for the Central American region and the Dominican Republic.
An analysis of CentralAmericaData's Business Intelligence department shows interesting data on the processes that in the first quarter of 2022 were published with contracts to supply pharmaceuticals, equipment and medical supplies to the various Ministries of Health and Social Security entities in Central American countries and the Dominican Republic.
In Nicaragua, the general procurement division of the Ministry of Health tenders the procurement of medicines, MRP and laboratories for the supply of health units with COVID-19 care.
Nicaraguan Government Purchase 41/2021:
"The Ministry of Health of Nicaragua, requires by simplified contracting medical supplies to serve health units that serve patients with COVID-19.
BID Invest granted Calox de Costa Rica S.A. a loan that will help the company invest in substantial improvements in its production capacity and seek international certifications to validate the quality of its products.
The project has two main objectives. The first is to acquire the existing plant to make improvements in infrastructure and energy efficiency in order to become certified and expand its production capacity in the medium term.
In the Dominican Republic, the supply of medicines and medical sanitary inputs is being tendered, which will be used to mitigate the spread of covid-19.
Dominican Republic Government Purchase PROMESECAL-MAE-PEEN-2020-0028:
"Some of the items to be tendered:
-Ocetaminophen vial 100 ml
-Amiodarone hydrochloride
-Ciprofloxacin for infusion
-Clindamycin
From January to March 2020, purchases of pharmaceutical products made by Central American countries from companies in Mexico totaled $73 million, 2% more than reported in the same period in 2019.
Figures from the Trade Intelligence Unit of CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption="Click to interact with graphic"]
Agefinsa, Servicios Tecnicos Medicos, Macrotech Farmaceutica and J.I. Cohen are some of the companies that during the first quarter of the year won contracts to provide medicines and pharmaceutical products to public health institutions in the region.
The "Interactive Public Procurement Information System" of the Trade Intelligence Unit of CentralAmericaData provides interesting data on the companies that in the first quarter of 2020 were favored with contracts to provide pharmaceutical products and medical supplies to the various Ministries of Health and Social Security entities in the Central American countries.
The Ministry of Health of Panama tenders the supply, storage, transport and delivery of a total of 12,390 tablets of osimertinib 80 mg, film-coated tablet, orally.
Panama Government Purchase 2020-0-12-11-08-LP-016250:
"The term of this contract shall be eleven (11) months from the date of notification of the respective purchase order or endorsed contract through the Electronic Public Contracting System.
As a result of the Coronavirus emergency, the CABEI granted each of the Central American countries financial resources for the purchase of medicines and medical supplies.
The international organization reported that it granted non-reimbursable financial cooperation in the amount of up to $8,000,000 distributed in $1,000,000 to each Central American country, including Belize, to attend to the health emergency.
From January to September 2019, pharmaceutical product imports in Central America totaled $2.614 million, 8% more than in the same period in 2018, with El Salvador, Panama and Costa Rica being the markets where purchases increased the most.
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The Dominican Republic's Essential Medicines Program is inviting tenders for the supply of medicines and expendable materials, for the period from June 2020 to May 2021.
Dominican Republic Government Purchase PROMESECAL-CCC-LPN-2020-0001:
"For this contract, payments shall be made after partial and periodic deliveries of the products purchased, within a period of 60 to 120 days from the delivery of each item.
The Essential Medicines Program of the Dominican Republic tenders the supply of medicines, aimed at national producers for the period from April 2020 to March 2021.
Dominican Republic Government Purchase PROMESECAL-CCC-LPN-2019-0007:
"This call is for the Purchase of Medicines directed to National Producers, carried out by the Program of Essential Medicines/Logistic Support Center (PROMESE/CAL), to supply during the period April 2020-March 2021.
The Ministry of Health decided to withdraw all registered drugs containing oral ranitidine from the market, arguing that long-term exposure of people to this substance may increase the risk of cancer.
With the available data there is no evidence that the presence of this substance could have caused harm to patients who have consumed the drug, however, the potential risk arising from the cumulative effect, makes it necessary for health regulatory authorities to take different precautionary measures to avoid their presence in medicines, informed local authorities.