Products, services, and medical, pharmaceutical and hospital technology equipment will be exhibited from October 19th to 20th at the Atlapa Convention Center.
The EXPO MEDICA PANAMÁ 2017 event will bring together companies from the pharmaceutical, medical, health and sports industries.
Participating companies will explore business opportunities and showcase beauty, sports, and gym products, among other things.
In 2016 Central American countries imported $3.163 billion worth of pharmaceuticals, 6% more than in 2015.
Figures from the information system on thethe Pharmaceuticals Market in Central America, compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit atCentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption = "Click to interact with the graph"]
Of the total value imported by the Central American countries in 2016, 11% corresponded to bituminous coal, worth a total of $147 million.
Figures from the Information System on the Foreign Trade between Central America and Colombia, complied by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData: [Figure caption = "Click to interact with the graphic"]
In 2016 Central American countries imported $118 million worth of human medicinal vaccines, 3% less than in 2015.
Figures from the information system on the Central American Market for human medicinal vaccines, compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption = "Click to interact with the graph"]
Cars, medicines, cell phones and wireless networking equipment topped the list of goods imported by the countries of the region at the end of the fourth quarter of 2016.
From the Central America Trade Monitor report, IV quarter 2016, by the SIECA:
Central America, March 30, 2017. Central American Trade saw a varied performance among countries in the region, according to figures from latestCentral American Trade Monitor report,for the fourth quarter of 2016.
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.
The Ministry of Health plans to convene, in 2017, an international public tender for the storage and distribution of medicines.
The decision was made because the Health Ministry does not have the storage capacity in its central warehouse, and as this is an activity that requires technology to store some medicines that require special handling, according to the deputy minister of Health, Sandra Pinel.
In 2015 the Central American countries imported $2.993 billion worth of drugs and medical supplies, of which 30% came from the United States, Mexico and Germany.
Data from the pharmaceutical market in Central America, analyzed by the Business Intelligence Unit atCentralAmericaDatashows that Guatemala is the main buyer in the region. In 2015 alone the country imported $677 million worth, with 32% coming from Panama, 12.8% from Mexico, another 5.4% from El Salvador, 5.2% from the United States and the rest from other countries such as Costa Rica and Germany.
The Ministry of Health has received a presidential endorsement to make an immediate purchase of vaccines against hepatitis A, in order to start applying them at the beginning of the year at the latest.
From a statement issued by the President of Honduras:
Tegucigalpa, November 7 .- An order was given today by President Juan Orlando Hernández to the authorities of the Ministry of Health for the immediate acquisition of hepatitis A vaccine, as reported by the president himself, in a press conference held at the Presidential House.
Approval has been given to the specifications of an international tender for a logistics operator to store and distribute medicines and medical supplies.
With the tender documents now approved the only thing left pending agreement from the Ministry of Finance and then the international call to hire an investor-operator can be announced.Latribuna.hn reports that "...This process is expected to be awarded before the end of the year. "
Through its subsidiary Pharmacies Kielsa, the honduran group has acquired Farinter Farmex a drugstore chain in a transaction whose amount was not disclosed.
Felipe Gurdián, president of the Association of Nicaragua United Pharmacies (Afun) confirmed the transaction, noting that the amount is unknown. Elnuevodiario.com.ni reports that "...Official statistics indicate that the pharmaceutical market in Nicaragua has a turnover of over US $80 million a year, of which US $40 million belongs to big pharmacy chains such as Kielsa and Farmex. "
The Ministry of Finance intends to tender drug distribution services for the entire country's hospital network in order to reduce losses from expired medicines.
In response to the loss of approximately $27.2 million due to the expiration of medicines, a proposal has been put forward to the Medicinal Trust Committee to hire a company, domestic or foreign, which specializes in the distribution of medicines.
The Ministry of Health is evaluating whether to use private companies to outsource the service of distributing medicines for public hospitals.
Due to the lack of capacity to supply medicines to national hospitals, the Health Ministry has said it plans to privatize the distribution process of the drugs. In order to realize this project they argue that it is necessary to remove central storage and update the basic list of medicines.