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"]
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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During the first half of the year, purchases of vaccines for human use in Central America totaled $57 million, and imports from France increased 83% over the same period in 2017.
Figures from the information system Vaccine Market for Human Use in Central America, from the Trade Intelligence Area of CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption="Click to interact with graphic"]
In El Salvador, companies in the pharmaceutical industry plan to achieve 5% growth in exports of their products this year.
A rebound in sales to Honduras and the opening of new markets is what is behind the projection of growth that the Association of Chemical-Pharmaceutical Manufacturers of El Salvador (INQUIFAR) has for this year.
The market for medicines in Colombia up to 2017 totalled $3.419 billion, of which 83% corresponded to sales of prescribed medicines, and the remaining 17% to OTC medicines.
A report by the Foreign Trade Promotion Office of Costa Rica details the characteristics of the pharmaceutical products market in Colombia, and highlights the opportunities available for companies in Central America that sell raw materials and supplies for manufacturing medicines.
The National Hospital of San Rafael is putting out to tender a supply of 78 different types of medicines for the year 2018.
Government Purchase of El Salvador LP-03/2018:
"The supplies of Medicines for hospital use in this location, object of this tender, must be provided in accordance with the lines that are detailed in the bidding documents.
From April 23 to 26, entrepreneurs from the pharmaceutical sector will be visiting Guatemala and El Salvador to meet with companies interested in distributing their products.
This event is being organized by the Trade Office of the Embassy of Ecuador in Guatemala and will be held at the Barceló Hotel in Guatemala and El Salvador.
In 2017, countries in Central America bought $284 million worth of pharmaceutical products from companies in Mexico, and 49% were purchased from Panama.
Figures from the information system "Trade between Central America and Mexico", compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption = "Click to interact with graph"]
From January to November 2017, countries in the region imported $264 million worth of pharmaceutical products from Mexico, and 50% was acquired by companies in Panama.
Figures from the information system "Trade between Central America and Mexico", compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData : [GRAFICA caption = "Click to interact with graph"]
Organization that operates in Panama, Panama, Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Guatemala.
Phone: (507) 65456121
Girasol Pharma is a school of clinical pharmacist contracted for Santos de Rey Medical Group, where it participates in the activities of direct attention to the patient in the management of pharmacological therapy, geriatrics and anticoagulation clinics.