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.
The Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance of Guatemala requires the acquisition of Gram-Positive Susceptibility (GPS).
Government of Guatemala Purchase 15214710:
"Roosevelt Hospital requires the acquisition of 428 boxes with Gram-Positive Susceptibility (GPS), with some of the following technical specifications.
* Reagents with semi-automated equipment, with presentation in a box of 20 units.
The Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (CCSS), requires the purchase of four million two hundred thousand disposables, sterile venoclysis equipment for the infusion of serum, the form of delivery in six dates with 700 thousand units each, starting on January 20, 2022 and the following with two months of interval.
Costa Rica Government Purchase 2021LN-000032-0001101101142:
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).
The Ministry of Health tenders the supply of reagents for HIV, syphilis and toxoplasmosis screening, the Contractor must include commodatum equipment in its bid.
El Salvador Government Purchase DR-CAFTA LA 23/2021 GLOBAL-MINSAL:
"Detail of reagents required:
-Tests for the determination of Toxoplasma IgG antibodies automated method.
-Rapid tests for syphilis for detection of reagins, in serum or plasma with carbon particle, disposable pipettes, bottle with stopper, dispensing needle, cards and reactive and non-reactive control serum.
During 2020, Central American imports of pharmaceutical products totaled $3.502 billion, and purchases from Mexican companies increased by 2% over the amount reported in 2019.
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Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social bids the supply of 860,256 units of arterial gas determination tests, on a delivery on demand basis.
Costa Rican Government Purchase 2021LN-000004-5101:
"Deliveries according to demand, 16 referential counts are established with an interval of 3 months each. The period to be contracted is 48 months.
The integral solution shall be distributed by the successful bidder and delivered to each of the clinical laboratories according to the frequency required by the Caja Costarricense del Seguro Social."
The Ministry of Health tenders the supply of anthropometric equipment, sphygmomanometers, stethoscopes, medical surgical equipment, furniture and audiovisual equipment for new health posts.
Guatemala Government Purchase 14412152:
" Tenderers may bid, indistinctly, for one or more articles (items) Single Lot
SMC Ltd, a manufacturer of medical devices, diagnostics and pharmaceuticals, announced that it will invest in increasing its installed capacity and expanding its facilities in Zona Franca Coyol, Costa Rica.
The Costa Rican Coalition of Development Initiatives (Cinde) reported that the expansion in Costa Rica will provide additional capacity for molding, clean room assembly and general manufacturing operations.
In Panama, the Cabinet Council approved the extension for six more months of the decree which, in the context of the pandemic, provides tax benefits for the importation of medical and personal hygiene supplies.
The purpose of this policy is to maintain assured for the national population the access to hygiene and personal protection products at competitive prices, in addition to the acquisition of medical supplies necessary to strengthen and meet the medical and sanitary needs of the health sector in the fight against the pandemic that generated the outbreak of Covid-19.
From January to September 2020, Central American imports of pharmaceutical products totaled $2.625 billion, an amount that exceeds by just 0.4% what was reported in the same period of 2019.
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Bomerics, a company engaged in the manufacture of medical devices, announced that it will invest in the expansion of its operations plant located in Zona Franca Zeta, province of Cartago.
The new facilities will have an area of 10,200 m2, which doubles the 4,600 m2 it currently has. According to a press release from the Costa Rican Coalition of Development Initiatives (Cinde), the investment will allow the company to develop a full-service, vertically integrated business model.
Agencia Farmaceutica S.A., Corporacion Impa Doel S.A., Hispomedica SRL and Cefa Central Farmaceutica are among the companies that won contracts last year to supply medicines and pharmaceutical products to public health institutions in the region.
An analysis by CentralAmericaData's Business Intelligence department provides interesting data on the companies that in 2020 were awarded contracts to supply pharmaceutical products and medical supplies to the different Ministries of Health and Social Security entities in Central American countries and the Dominican Republic.