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.
After investing $100 million, Edwards Lifesciences opened its second heart valve manufacturing plant in La Lima, Cartago.
The 24,455-square-meter industrial plant is located in the La Lima Free Zone industrial park, according to the Costa Rican Coalition of Development Initiatives (Cinde).
The company Medtronic inaugurated in Coyol Free Zone its new plant dedicated to the manufacture of precision medical devices, an investment with which it seeks to double its operations in the country.
Medtronic has a commercial presence in Costa Rica since 2015. Between 2017 to date, it has grown from 140 to more than 500 employees, and its plant manufactures components for medical devices used for spine surgeries, which are sold in several parts of the world, reported the Costa Rican Coalition of Development Initiatives (Cinde).
Agencia Farmacéutica Internacional, Meditek Services and Baxter are three of the companies that in the first quarter of 2019 were awarded contracts to provide medicines to public health institutions in the region.
An analysis of CentralAmericaData's Trade Intelligence unit provides data on the companies that were favored last year with contracts to supply pharmaceutical products and medical supplies to the different Ministries of Health and Social Security entities in Central American countries.
In Costa Rica, Thermo Fisher Scientific opened a new 1,400 square meter distribution center in Coyol Free Zone, Alajuela.
This investment represents the third expansion of the company in the country in 7 years, and with its new distribution center Thermo Fisher increased its installed capacity by 52%, reported the Costa Rican Coalition of Development Initiatives.
The Salvadoran Social Security Institute tenders the supply of different types of medical supplies and equipment for use in several hospitals of the institution.
El Salvador Government Purchase LP-047/2019-Q:
"Supply of inputs with commodatum equipment for the elaboration of parenteral nutrition mixtures in the general hospital of the ISSS."
Deadline for receipt of tenders: February 26th, 2019.
The Cardiovascular Surgery Unit of Guatemala tenders the service of analyzing machines to measure arterial gases, electrolytes and metabolites in blood.
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.
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