Costa Rica's Establishment Labs Holdings Inc. will invest $35 million in the execution of the first stage of the construction of its new innovation campus called "Sulàyöm", which will be located in the Coyol Free Trade Zone in Alajuela.
This new facility will have some 13,500 square meters of construction and will support the company's global growth, increasing production capacity in manufacturing, research and development, digital media, training and education for physicians specializing in aesthetic surgery, notes a press release from the Costa Rican Coalition of Development Initiatives (CINDE).
Between 2020 and 2023 Nevro plans to invest $21 million in the commissioning of an industrial plant of more than 3 thousand square meters in the Coyol Free Zone, in Alajuela.
The company based in California, United States, is dedicated to the manufacture of medical devices that are demanded by patients suffering from debilitating chronic pain, reported the Costa Rican Coalition of Development Initiatives (Cinde).
Bayer announced that it plans to expand the operation of its medical device plant and shared service center in Costa Rica in the coming years.
The increase in its presence in Costa Rica is part of the plan to adjust the operation in Central America, the Caribbean and the Andean countries, which the company will implement over the next two years.
The Costa Rican Social Security Fund tenders the supply of complete primary total hip replacement systems, partial prostheses and other inputs.
Costa Rica Government Purchase 2019LN-000028-5101:
"Lines to contract:
-1,896 Total primary knee prosthesis systems with and without posterior cruciate ligament preservation.
-1.896 Cement spacer.
1.416 Complete systems of non-cemented primary total hip replacement.
Aceti Oxígeno, Infra de Honduras, Praxair and Oxi-Rent are some of the companies supplying medical oxygen and its equipment to public health institutions in the region.
Figures from the information system "Public Purchases in the Health Sector", developed by the Trade Intelligence area of CentralAmericaData, lists the companies that have been favored with contracts to provide pharmaceutical products and medical supplies, in tenders published between July 2017 and June 2018, by the different Ministries of Health and Social Security of Central American countries.
In Costa Rica, authorities announced that the procedures to be carried out by importers of medical equipment and supplies to apply for tax exemption will be reduced in ten days.
From the Ministry of Finance statement:
San Jose, November 19th, 2018. The deadline for tax exemption procedures for companies that import medical equipment and supplies such as: gag, surgical cotton, surgical gowns, hospital beds, among others, will be reduced in ten days, due to the collaboration between the Ministries of Economy, Industry and Commerce (MEIC) and Treasury to expedite this process.
In Panama, tenders are submitted for the adaptation and supply of special systems for the magnetic resonance room building of the José Domingo de Obaldía Maternal and Child Hospital.
Panama Government Purchase 2018-0-12-0-04-LV-025678:
" The required work in this project includes the provision of professional services for the development of the preliminary project, design, final plans, approval of plans, supply of equipment, tools, materials, labor, transport and everything required to carry out the works for the installation of the special systems of the magnetic resonance room building of the José Domingo de Obaldía Maternal and Child Hospital."
U.S. medical technology company Stryker announced the opening of a financial services center in the country, through which it will support its operations in the region.
From the statement of the Costa Rican Coalition of Development Initiatives:
San José, Costa Rica. November 5, 2018. Stryker, one of the world’s leading medical technology companies, announced it will open an office in Costa Rica, as it creates a hub for finance activities and services.
The medical device manufacturer Precision Concepts Medical Technologies will invest $5 million in the construction and operation of a new plant in Costa Rica.
According to the Costa Rican Coalition of Development Initiatives (Cinde), the health sector company's investment will focus on the construction of a building and the implementation of state-of-the-art technology.
The Costa Rican Social Security Fund is putting out to tender several pieces digital X-ray equipment.
Costa Rica Government Purchase 2018LN-000002-3110:
"Details of the required equipment:
- Conventional digital X-ray equipment with ceiling mount and bucky wall stand.
-Digital X-ray equipment with fluroscopy with ceiling mount ceilings, nesa tilting and bucky wall stand.
CRCB-PACS Latam is Nicaraguan company offering PACS Solutions for the visualization and manipulation of radiological images from X-rays, CTs, MRIs, mammographs, etc.
Organization that operates in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama and Central America
Phone: (505) 83346335
On October 15 and 16, Costa Rica will host an international congress for companies in the life sciences sector.
From a statement issued by the Cinde:
San Jose Costa Rica. May 17, 2018.On October 15 and 16, Costa Rica will be the meeting point for high-level exhibitors in the life sciences industry, decision makers of the world's leading companies in the sector, key suppliers, consulting firms, among others, in the fourth edition of the Life Sciences Forum Costa Rica 2018, organized by the Costa Rican Coalition of Development Initiatives (CINDE).
In Costa Rica, the manufacturer of medical devices for continence and ostomy, Coloplast, has announced that it will be building a manufacturing plant in La Lima free zone, in Cartago.
The company of Danish origin reported that "...In January 2019, Coloplast will start operating in a temporary location, located next to what will be its new manufacturing plant.
The Ministry of Health in El Salvador is putting out to tender medical instruments and equipment for the biological products laboratory.
Government Purchase of El Salvador DR-CAFTA LA 18/2018 FAE-MINSAL:
"Refrigerated floor centrifuge equipment is required, with a maximum speed between 10,000 - 12,000 RPM, system controlled by microprocessor. With current ISO 13485 standard (Present current supporting documentation).
Through a trust with the Bank of Costa Rica, plans are underway to build 30 health areas, 22 financial branches and a storage center for supplies and medicines.
Among the projects that will be built with the resources to be administered by the Bank of Costa Rica through the trust is the William Allen hospital in Turrialba, whosetenderwas announced recently.