In Guatemala, a tender is being held for the supply of the concentration of calcium beta-hydroxy-beta-methybutyrate, vitamin D and protein, for use by the San Juan de Dios Hospital.
From January to March 2020, purchases of pharmaceutical products made by Central American countries from companies in Mexico totaled $73 million, 2% more than reported in the same period in 2019.
Figures from the Trade Intelligence Unit of CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption="Click to interact with graphic"]
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).
The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation offered a $250 million quota for companies in the country to invest in health sector projects.
Directors of the International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) were the ones who reported last May 11 the existence of these financial resources. The exclusivity of these $250 million for companies in the health sector is due to the current health emergency situation, which derives from the outbreak of covid-19.
In the complex scenario of health crisis, companies in the pharmaceutical sector in Guatemala are facing shortages of raw materials, mainly those imported from the U.S., Europe and China.
In the context of the covid-19 outbreak, the pharmaceutical industry has kept alive and according to businessmen in the sector, the country's laboratories maintain their operations at an average of 70%.
Agefinsa, Servicios Tecnicos Medicos, Macrotech Farmaceutica and J.I. Cohen are some of the companies that during the first quarter of the year won contracts to provide medicines and pharmaceutical products to public health institutions in the region.
The "Interactive Public Procurement Information System" of the Trade Intelligence Unit of CentralAmericaData provides interesting data on the companies that in the first quarter of 2020 were favored with contracts to provide pharmaceutical products and medical supplies to the various Ministries of Health and Social Security entities in the Central American countries.
The President of Panama ordered the Social Security Fund to suspend the award of the contract for the service of storage, distribution and final dispensation of medicines at the national level, for a four-year period.
The Social Security Fund of Panama granted the Consorcio Salud en Control the contract for the service of storage, distribution and final dispensation of medicines at the national level, for a period of four years.
The business sector in Nicaragua reported that private hospitals asked to be authorized to perform the tests that can determine if a person is a virus carrier, but so far they have not received a response.
Representatives of the Consejo Superior de la Empresa Privada (COSEP) explained that the Ministry of Health (Minsa) tests are done manually and private laboratories perform them automatically.
The Ministry of Health of Panama tenders the supply, storage, transport and delivery of a total of 12,390 tablets of osimertinib 80 mg, film-coated tablet, orally.
Panama Government Purchase 2020-0-12-11-08-LP-016250:
"The term of this contract shall be eleven (11) months from the date of notification of the respective purchase order or endorsed contract through the Electronic Public Contracting System.
As a result of the Coronavirus emergency, the CABEI granted each of the Central American countries financial resources for the purchase of medicines and medical supplies.
The international organization reported that it granted non-reimbursable financial cooperation in the amount of up to $8,000,000 distributed in $1,000,000 to each Central American country, including Belize, to attend to the health emergency.
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