The Ministry of Public Finances published the bases for four public tenders, through which the supply of pharmaceutical products to be used by the Ministry of Public Health will be contracted.
The four tenders are in the Open Contract Purchase modality for the supply and acquisition by the State of Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Products.
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.
The Guatemalan Institute of Social Security bids CT scan services for patients of the institution, who are treated at the General Hospital of Quetzaltenango.
From January to September 2020, companies in the region invested $101 million for the purchase abroad of vaccines for human use, and purchases from Russian companies increased 34% compared to the same period in 2019.
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The Public Health Secretariat of Honduras is bidding for the supply of a digital radiography system, which is stationary and includes its respective accessories.
Honduras Government Purchase LPI-004-3723-GESALUD-2021:
"Description: Direct digital acquisition X-ray equipment for conventional radiological examinations consisting of X-ray generator, X-ray emitter, tube suspension system, collimator, radiographic table, vertical Bucky, digital detector and control unit.
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.
During the last weeks of 2020 and the first months of 2021, interest in vitamins and supplements, measured through Internet searches and mentions in social media conversations, increased in all markets in the region.
Through a system that monitors in real time changes in consumer interests and preferences in Central American countries, developed by CentralAmericaData, it is possible to project short- and long-term demand trends for the different products, services, sectors and markets operating in the region.
The Ministry of Health tenders the supply of medicines used for peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis, procedures that will be performed in the hospital network of the institution.
Purchase of the Government of El Salvador DR-CAFTA LA-ADA-UE-CA 02/2021 GRAL-MINSA:
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.
Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (Costa Rican Social Security Fund ) is bidding for the supply of digital transportable X-ray equipment on a delivery-on-demand basis.
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