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.
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).
The Social Security Fund tenders the supply of osteosynthesis system with plates, under the consignment delivery modality.
Costa Rican Government Purchase 2020LN-000019-5101:
"The delivery modality will empower the Health Establishments incorporated to the present purchase, to provide themselves with supplies through a contract where the supplier consigns in each establishment the contractual object awarded, so that it can be used in the surgical procedures of the orthopedic specialty.
In El Salvador, since May 28, it is possible to carry out the digital procedures for the Electronic Authorization of Import Visas for medicines and medical supplies.
With this new system, response times will be reduced and supply of drugs and medical supplies will be guaranteed during and after Covid-19 pandemic, informed Central Reserve Bank (BCR).
It is estimated that last year companies from Guatemala, the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua represented 70% of the regional imports of orthopedic articles and appliances.
The "Market Study of Medical Equipment in Central America and the Dominican Republic", prepared by the Trade Intelligence Unit of CentralAmericaData, details the main figures of the regional market for different types of medical equipment.
The Ministry of Health of the Dominican Republic is tendering for the supply of medical fans and personal protective suits to combat covid-19 in the country.
Dominican Republic Government purchase MISPAS-MAE-PEEN-2020-0095:
From January to September 2019, pharmaceutical product imports in Central America totaled $2.614 million, 8% more than in the same period in 2018, with El Salvador, Panama and Costa Rica being the markets where purchases increased the most.
Figures from the Trade Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption "Click to interact with graphics"]
ICU Medical Inc. announced that it will build an industrial plant in Heredia, Costa Rica, dedicated to the manufacture of medical devices for infusion therapy and critical care applications.
The investment made in the plant located in La Aurora de Heredia will include a new infusion pump manufacturing line and a state-of-the-art sterilization plant, reported 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.
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).
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